Cisco Data Center Network Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

published 2020-02-19 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-24383

cvss: 8.8; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.5%; EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability in the REST API endpoint of Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges on the application. The vulnerability is due to insufficient access control validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating with a low-privilege account and sending a crafted request to the API. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to interact with the API with administrative privileges.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

cisco data_center_network_manager 11.3\(1\)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 23 mo ago (2024-11-15)

Exploit prediction

1.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	8.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Cisco Cisco Data Center Network Manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20200219-dcnm-priv-esc
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-3112
NVD CVE-2020-3112

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Summary