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CVE-2024-20286

Cisco NX-OS Software Python Parser Escape Vulnerability

Medium5.3EPSS 0.19%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
cisco

Description

A vulnerability in the Python interpreter of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, low-privileged, local attacker to escape the Python sandbox and gain unauthorized access to the underlying operating system of the device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by manipulating specific functions within the Python interpreter. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to escape the Python sandbox and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with the privileges of the authenticated user.  Note: An attacker must be authenticated with Python execution privileges to exploit these vulnerabilities. For more information regarding Python execution privileges, see product-specific documentation, such as the section of the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Programmability Guide.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By cisco

  2. · 10 months later

    Published

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2024-20286, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
ciscoCNA (assigner)3.1Medium5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVDNVD · Analyzed3.1High8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.19% · top 91% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.

Weakness

Affected products

  • Cisco · Cisco NX-OS Software

    • affected 8.2(5)
    • affected 7.3(5)D1(1)
    • affected 8.4(2)
    • affected 6.2(2)
    • affected 8.4(3)
    • affected 9.2(3)
    • affected 7.0(3)I5(2)
    • affected 8.2(1)
    • affected 6.0(2)A8(7a)
    • affected 7.0(3)I4(5)
    • affected 6.0(2)A6(1)
    • affected 7.3(1)D1(1)
    • affected 6.2(14a)
    • affected 7.0(3)I4(6)
    • affected 7.0(3)I4(3)
    • affected 9.2(2v)
    • affected 6.0(2)A6(5b)
    • affected 7.3(0)D1(1)
    • affected 6.2(17a)
    • affected 7.0(3)I4(7)
    • affected 6.0(2)U6(1a)
    • affected 7.0(3)I4(1)
    • affected 7.0(3)I4(8)
    • affected 7.0(3)I4(2)
    • affected 7.0(3)IM3(1)
    • affected 6.0(2)U6(5a)
    • affected 6.0(2)A8(11)
    • affected 6.0(2)A6(4a)
    • affected 6.2(9)
    • affected 6.2(5)
    • affected 7.3(4)D1(1)
    • affected 6.2(20)
    • affected 9.2(1)
    • affected 9.2(2t)
    • affected 9.2(3y)
    • affected 7.0(3)I4(1t)
    • affected 6.0(2)U6(5c)
    • affected 6.0(2)A6(4)
    • affected 7.0(3)I7(6z)
    • affected 9.3(2)
    • and 232 more

What to do

Exploitation: The Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerabilities that are described in this advisory.

References (2)

Sources

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