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Cisco Nexus 3000 9000 Series Switches Comm Injection (cisco-sa-nxos-ici-dpOjbWxk)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 216849

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco NX-OS Software is affected by a vulnerability.

 - A vulnerability in the software upgrade process of Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches and Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in standalone NX-OS mode could allow an authenticated, local attacker with valid Administrator credentials to execute a command injection attack on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of specific elements within a software image. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by installing a crafted image. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges. Note: Administrators should validate the hash of any software image before installation. (CVE-2025-20161)

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCwm09739

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?3df8e3c4

http://www.nessus.org/u?6524a98e

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwm09739

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 216849

File Name: cisco-sa-nxos-ici-dpOjbWxk.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 2/26/2025

Updated: 2/28/2025

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-20161

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:nx-os

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, Host/Cisco/NX-OS/Version, Host/Cisco/NX-OS/Model, Host/Cisco/NX-OS/Device

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-20161

CWE: 78

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-nxos-ici-dpOjbWxk

IAVA: 2025-A-0137

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwm09739