Cisco Nexus Dashboard Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability

published 2022-07-21 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-26163

cvss: 4.9; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to write arbitrary files on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation in the web-based management interface of Cisco Nexus Dashboard. An attacker with Administrator credentials could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a crafted file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on an affected device.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

cisco nexus_dashboard 2.2\(1e\)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-11-01)

Exploit prediction

1.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Cisco Cisco Nexus Dashboard

Classification

Weakness

CWE-23 Relative Path Traversal
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ndb-afw-2MT9tb99
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-20913
NVD CVE-2022-20913

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Summary