Pre-Authentication Admin Bypass and Remote Code Execution in Nutanix Prism Gateway inside AOS
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Nutanix | Acropolis Operating System (AOS) | unaffected |
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| Nutanix | Aos |
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Vendor Solution
Upgrade affected Nutanix AOS deployments to version 7.3.1.18, 7.5.2, 7.6.0.8 or later fixed releases.
Vendor Workaround
Organizations can mitigate this issue prior to patching by enforcing the following controls: * Network Segmentation: Restrict access to the Prism Element management port (9440) strictly to dedicated management VLANs, jump boxes or authorized IP ranges. * Ingress Traffic Filtering: Configure upstream Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) or ingress reverse proxies to strip specific internal management headers from incoming API requests before they reach the cluster. Note on WAF Configuration workaround: Nutanix is willing to securely provide the exact header string via Support to verified existing customers who are temporarily unable to apply the patch.
No CVSS v3.0
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Exploit prediction score: 1.3% (1.283% probability within 30 days)
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| Description | An unauthenticated remote attacker can bypass authentication and gain full access to administrative API endpoints in Nutanix Prism Element by including a crafted internal management HTTP header. The vulnerability is caused by a misconfiguration in the application's authentication filters. Consequently, the server responds with a Set-Cookie header containing a valid JSESSIONID. This session cookie decodes to a JSON Web Token (JWT) granting maximum cluster administrative privileges. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to execute root-level commands on all Controller VMs (CVMs) in the cluster, leading to complete cluster destruction and unauthorized access to VM memory and virtual disks. | |
| Title | Pre-Authentication Admin Bypass and Remote Code Execution in Nutanix Prism Gateway inside AOS | |
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Nutanix
Nutanix aos |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-290 CWE-302 CWE-306 |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:nutanix:aos_:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Nutanix
Nutanix aos |
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