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Cisco XE: CVE-2023-20029: Cisco IOS XE Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:C/A:N)
Published
Mar 22, 2023
Added
Mar 23, 2023
Modified
Jun 17, 2026

Description

A vulnerability in the Meraki onboarding feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain root level privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient memory protection in the Meraki onboarding feature of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modifying the Meraki registration parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root.

Solution

cisco-xe-update-latest
Title
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