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CVE-2023-20194 — A vulnerability in the ERS API of Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote

A vulnerability in the ERS API of Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to read arbitrary files on the underlying operating system of an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have valid Administrator-level privileges on the affected de

CVSS
4.9 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.06% (top 81.10%)
CWE
CWE-268
Published
2023-09-07T19:31:49.966Z
Last modified
2024-10-23T19:41:43.955Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability in the ERS API of Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to read arbitrary files on the underlying operating system of an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have valid Administrator-level privileges on the affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper privilege management in the ERS API. An attacker could exploit this…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
CiscoCisco Identity Services Engine Software2.6.0, 2.6.0 p1, 2.6.0 p2, 2.6.0 p3, 2.6.0 p5, 2.6.0 p6, 2.6.0 p7, 2.6.0 p8, 2.6.0 p9, 2.6.0 p10, 2.6.0 p11, 2.6.0 p12, 2.7.0, 2.7.0 p1, 2.7.0 p2, 2.7.0 p3, 2.7.0 p4, 2.7.0 p5, 2.7.0 p6, 2.7.0 p7, 2.7.0 p9, 3.0.0, 3.0.0 p1, 3.0.0 p2, 3.0.0 p3, 3.0.0 p4, 3.0.0 p5, 3.0.0 p6, 3.0.0 p7, 3.1.0, 3.1.0 p1, 3.1.0 p3, 3.1.0 p4, 3.1.0 p5, 3.1.0 p6, 3.1.0 p7, 3.2.0, 3.2.0 p1, 3.2.0 p2

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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