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CVE-2025-20344

Published: Aug 27, 2025

Modified: Feb 26, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.5

MEDIUM

Description

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

VendorProductVersions

Cisco

Cisco Nexus Dashboard

affected
1.1(3e)
affected
1.1(3c)
affected
1.1(3d)
affected
1.1(0d)
affected
1.1(2i)

+34 more versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

References

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