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CVE-2023-20065 A vulnerability in the Cisco IOx application hosting subsystem of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated,…

Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco IOx application hosting subsystem of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions on the hosted application. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to and then escaping the Cisco IOx application container. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
Cisco IOS XE Software 17.9 17.9.1w → 17.9.2 No fix stated
Cisco IOS XE Software 17.8 17.8.1a → 17.8.1 No fix stated
Cisco IOS XE Software 17.7 17.7.1a → 17.7.2 No fix stated
Cisco IOS XE Software 17.6 17.6.1w → 17.6.4 No fix stated
Cisco IOS XE Software 17.5 17.5.1c → 17.5.1 No fix stated
Cisco IOS XE Software 17.4 17.4.1a → 17.4.2 No fix stated
Cisco IOS XE Software 17.3 17.3.1w → 17.3.6 No fix stated
Cisco IOS XE Software 16.4 16.4.1 → 16.4.3 No fix stated

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