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Medium severity6.0NVD Advisory· Published Mar 27, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-20306

CVE-2024-20306

Description

A vulnerability in the Unified Threat Defense (UTD) configuration CLI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying host operating system. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have level 15 privileges on the affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted CLI command to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system.

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Affected products

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  • Cisco Systems, Inc./iOS Xe9 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.10.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.10.1b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.11.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.11.99sw:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.12.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.12.1w:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Cisco Systems, Inc./IOS and IOS XE Softwarellm-fuzzy
  • Cisco Systems, Inc./IOS XE Software for Cisco Merakicpe-rescue
    Range: 17.10.1

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