Medium severity6.7NVD Advisory· Published Nov 15, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-20090

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco TelePresence CE and RoomOS could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device.

This vulnerability is due to improper access control on certain CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a series of crafted commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

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Affected products

Cisco Systems, Inc./Telepresence Collaboration Endpoint
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:telepresence_collaboration_endpoint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: >=9.0.0.0,<9.15.17.4
Cisco Systems, Inc./RoomOS2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:roomos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:roomos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=10.0.1.2,<11.1.2.4
- (no CPE)
Cisco Systems, Inc./TelePresence CE and RoomOSllm-create
Cisco Systems, Inc./TelePresence CEllm-fuzzy
Cisco Systems, Inc./RoomOS Softwarecpe-rescue
Range: N/A
Cisco Systems, Inc./TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint (CE) Softwarecpe-rescue
Range: CE9.10.2

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References

sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-roomos-file-write-rHKwegKfnvdVendor Advisory

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