Cisco Data Center Network Manager Command Injection Vulnerability

published 2020-07-31 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-24655

cvss: 8.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.8%; EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability in specific REST API endpoints of Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with the privileges of the logged-in user. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input to the API. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the API. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

cisco data_center_network_manager 11.4\(1\)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 23 mo ago (2024-11-13)

Exploit prediction

0.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
NVD	3.1	8.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
NVD	2.0	6.0	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Cisco Cisco Data Center Network Manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-184 Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-dcnm-rest-inj-BCt8pwAJ
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-3384
NVD CVE-2020-3384

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Summary