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CVE-2023-20046

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CVE-2023-20046

Published: May 9, 2023

Modified: Aug 2, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

8.8

HIGH

Description

A vulnerability in the key-based SSH authentication feature of Cisco StarOS Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied credentials. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a valid low-privileged SSH key to an affected device from a host that has an IP address that is configured as the source for a high-privileged user account. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to log in to the affected device through SSH as a high-privileged user. There are workarounds that address this vulnerability.

VendorProductVersions

Cisco

Cisco ASR 5000 Series Software

affected
21.11.0
affected
21.11.1
affected
21.11.2
affected
21.11.3
affected
21.11.10

+399 more versions

Cisco

Cisco Ultra Cloud Core - User Plane Function

affected
N/A

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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