PT-2025-34896 · Cisco · Cisco Nexus Dashboard

CVE-2025-20344 · Published 2025-08-27 · Updated 2025-08-27

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.0

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Cisco Nexus Dashboard (affected versions not specified)

Description: A vulnerability exists in the backup restore functionality of Cisco Nexus Dashboard that could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a path traversal attack. This is due to insufficient validation of the contents of a backup file. An attacker with valid Administrator credentials could exploit this by restoring a crafted backup file, potentially gaining root privileges on the underlying shell of the affected device.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-12707

CVE-2025-20344

Affected Products

Cisco Nexus Dashboard

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20344 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-12707 · Security Note
• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-nd-ptrs-XU2Fm2Wb · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-20344 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1960745856493347006 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/0dayPublishing/status/1960756543961358447 · Twitter Post