Cisco Data Center Network Manager Path Traversal Vulnerability

published 2024-11-18 23 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-24809

cvss: 4.6; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability in a certain REST API endpoint of Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a path traversal attack on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient path restriction enforcement. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite or list arbitrary files on the affected device.Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

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 (2024-11-18)

Exploit prediction

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/RL:X/RC:X/E:X
CNA	3.1	4.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected products

Cisco Cisco Data Center Network Manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-3538
NVD CVE-2020-3538

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Summary