CVE-2017-6650

N/A
Published: May 22, 2017 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:22 AM UTC
10 products affected across 1 vendorNx OSNexus 5596UPNexus 5548UP

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%

Description

A vulnerability in the Telnet CLI command of Cisco NX-OS System Software 7.1 through 7.3 running on Cisco Nexus Series Switches could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a command injection attack. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of command arguments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting crafted command arguments into the Telnet CLI command. An exploit could allow the attacker to read or write arbitrary files at the user's privilege level outside of the user's path. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvb86771.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

cisco-nexus-5548up (environment) · cisco-nexus-5596t (environment) · cisco-nexus-5596up (environment) · cisco-nexus-56128p (environment) · cisco-nexus-5624q (environment) · cisco-nexus-5648q (environment) · cisco-nexus-5672up (environment) · cisco-nexus-5672up-16g (environment) · cisco-nexus-5696q (environment)
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Remediation

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CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
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Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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