CVE-2023-20012

published 2023-02-23

CVE-2023-20012: A vulnerability in the CLI console login authentication of Cisco Nexus 9300-FX3 Series Fabric Extender (FEX) when used in UCS Fabric Interconnect deployments…

Priority P4 19 medium 4.6 CVSS 3.1

AV P AC L PR N UI N S U C N I N A H

A vulnerability in the CLI console login authentication of Cisco Nexus 9300-FX3 Series Fabric Extender (FEX) when used in UCS Fabric Interconnect deployments could allow an unauthenticated attacker with physical access to bypass authentication. This vulnerability is due to the improper implementation of the password validation function. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to the console port on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass authentication and execute a limited set of commands local to the FEX, which could cause a device reboot and denial of service (DoS) condition.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
cisco	cisco_unified_computing_system	—	—
cisco	nexus_9300-fx3_series_fabric_extender_for_ucs_fabric_interconnects	—	—
cisco	ucs_central_software	>= 4.2 < 4.2\(2d\)	4.2\(2d\)

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 4.6 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

vendor_cisco 5.3 MEDIUM

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