CVE-2023-20040

Published Jan 19, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
A vulnerability in the NETCONF service of Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) on an affected system that is running as the root user. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must be a member of the admin group.

This vulnerability exists because user-supplied input is not properly validated when NETCONF is used to upload packages to an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a specially crafted package file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to write crafted files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem or delete arbitrary files from the filesystem of an affected device, resulting in a DoS condition.

Note: By default, during install, Cisco NSO will be set up to run as the root user unless the --run-as-user option is used.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-24219 A vulnerability in the NETCONF service of Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) on an affected system that is running as the root user. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must be a member of the admin group. This vulnerability exists because user-supplied input is not properly validated when NETCONF is used to upload packages to an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a specially crafted package file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to write crafted files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem or delete arbitrary files from the filesystem of an affected device, resulting in a DoS condition. Note: By default, during install, Cisco NSO will be set up to run as the root user unless the --run-as-user option is used.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
cisco
Published
Updated
Aug 2, 2024, 8:57 AM
Reserved
Oct 27, 2022, 6:47 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 20, 2023, 7:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:29 AM