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Cisco NX-OS Command Injection

Cisco NX-OS

Cisco NX-OS contains a command injection vulnerability in the command line interface (CLI) that could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute commands as root on the underlying operating system of an affected device. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2024-07-02.

Why this severity: CVSS 6 (v3.1, CNA), actively exploited (CISA KEV)

Started: Jul 1, 2024
Closed: Jul 2, 2024
CVE: CVE-2024-20399

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Updated Jul 2, 2024

Affected

See vendor advisory (versions are not listed in the KEV record)

Fixed in

See vendor advisory linked in sources

Timeline2

Jul 2, 2024
CISA added CVE-2024-20399 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-07-23)
Source
Jul 1, 2024
CVE-2024-20399 published
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Advisories3

Notes & caveats

Derived from the CISA KEV JSON feed (catalogVersion 2026.10.21); CVSS from the CVE record (cveawg.mitre.org). startedAt is the CVE publication date when it fell in 2024 before the KEV listing, else the KEV dateAdded; exploitation may have begun earlier. closedAt is the KEV listing date (a fix or mitigation was available then unless noted).

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