CVE-2023-20065

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 23, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:29 AM UTC
271 products affected across 1 vendorIOS XeAsr 1002-xAsr 1006

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

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

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

cisco-1000-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1100-4g-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1100-4p-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1100-6g-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1100-8p-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1100-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1101-4p-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1101-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1109-2p-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1109-4p-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1109-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1111x-8p-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1111x-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-111x-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1120-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1131-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1160-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4000-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4221-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4321-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4331-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4351-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4431-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4451-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4451-x-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4461-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-8101-32fh (environment) · cisco-8101-32h (environment) · cisco-8102-64h (environment) · cisco-8201 (environment) · cisco-8201-32fh (environment) · cisco-8202 (environment) · cisco-8800-12-slot (environment) · cisco-8800-18-slot (environment) · cisco-8800-4-slot (environment) · cisco-8800-8-slot (environment) · cisco-8804 (environment) · cisco-8808 (environment) · cisco-8812 (environment) · cisco-8818 (environment) · cisco-8831 (environment) · cisco-9800-40 (environment) · cisco-9800-80 (environment) · cisco-9800-cl (environment) · cisco-9800-l (environment) · cisco-asr-1000 (environment) · cisco-asr-1000-esp100 (environment) · cisco-asr-1000-esp100-x (environment) · cisco-asr-1000-esp200-x (environment) · cisco-asr-1001 (environment) · cisco-asr-1001-hx (environment) · cisco-asr-1001-hx-r (environment) · cisco-asr-1001-x (environment) · cisco-asr-1001-x-r (environment) · cisco-asr-1002 (environment) · cisco-asr-1002-hx (environment) · cisco-asr-1002-hx-r (environment) · cisco-asr-1002-x (environment) · cisco-asr-1002-x-r (environment) · cisco-asr-1004 (environment) · cisco-asr-1006 (environment) · cisco-asr-1006-x (environment) · cisco-asr-1009-x (environment) · cisco-asr-1013 (environment) · cisco-asr-1023 (environment) · cisco-asr-900 (environment) · cisco-asr-9000 (environment) · cisco-asr-9000v (environment) · cisco-asr-9001 (environment) · cisco-asr-9006 (environment) · cisco-asr-901-12c-f-d (environment) · cisco-asr-901-12c-ft-d (environment) · cisco-asr-901-4c-f-d (environment) · cisco-asr-901-4c-ft-d (environment) · cisco-asr-901-6cz-f-a (environment) · cisco-asr-901-6cz-f-d (environment) · cisco-asr-901-6cz-fs-a (environment) · cisco-asr-901-6cz-fs-d (environment) · cisco-asr-901-6cz-ft-a (environment) · cisco-asr-901-6cz-ft-d (environment) · cisco-asr-9010 (environment) · cisco-asr-901s-2sg-f-ah (environment) · cisco-asr-901s-2sg-f-d (environment) · cisco-asr-901s-3sg-f-ah (environment) · cisco-asr-901s-3sg-f-d (environment) · cisco-asr-901s-4sg-f-d (environment) · cisco-asr-902 (environment) · cisco-asr-902u (environment) · cisco-asr-903 (environment) · cisco-asr-907 (environment) · cisco-asr-914 (environment) · cisco-asr-920-10sz-pd (environment) · cisco-asr-920-10sz-pd-r (environment) · cisco-asr-920-12cz-a (environment) · cisco-asr-920-12cz-a-r (environment) · cisco-asr-920-12cz-d (environment) · cisco-asr-920-12cz-d-r (environment) · cisco-asr-920-12sz-im (environment) · cisco-asr-920-12sz-im-r (environment) · cisco-asr-920-24sz-im (environment) · cisco-asr-920-24sz-im-r (environment) · cisco-asr-920-24sz-m (environment) · cisco-asr-920-24sz-m-r (environment) · cisco-asr-920-24tz-m (environment) · cisco-asr-920-24tz-m-r (environment) · cisco-asr-920-4sz-a (environment) · cisco-asr-920-4sz-a-r (environment) · cisco-asr-920-4sz-d (environment) · cisco-asr-920-4sz-d-r (environment) · cisco-asr-920u-12sz-im (environment) · cisco-asr-9901 (environment) · cisco-asr-9902 (environment) · cisco-asr-9903 (environment) · cisco-asr-9904 (environment) · cisco-asr-9906 (environment) · cisco-asr-9910 (environment) · cisco-asr-9912 (environment) · cisco-asr-9920 (environment) · cisco-asr-9922 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-12s-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-12s-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-12x48u (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-12xs-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-12xs-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-16xs-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-16xs-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24p-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24p-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24p-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24pw-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24s-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24s-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24t-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24t-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24t-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24u (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24u-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24u-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24u-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24xs (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24xs-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24xs-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24xu (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24xu-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24xu-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-24xu-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-32xs-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-32xs-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48f-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48f-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48f-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48p-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48p-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48p-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48pw-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48t-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48t-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48t-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48u (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48u-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48u-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48u-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48xs (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48xs-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48xs-f-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48xs-f-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-48xs-s (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-nm-2-40g (environment) · cisco-catalyst-3850-nm-8-10g (environment) · cisco-catalyst-8200 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-8300 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-8300-1n1s-4t2x (environment) · cisco-catalyst-8300-1n1s-6t (environment) · cisco-catalyst-8300-2n2s-4t2x (environment) · cisco-catalyst-8300-2n2s-6t (environment) · cisco-catalyst-8500 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-8500-4qc (environment) · cisco-catalyst-8500l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-8510csr (environment) · cisco-catalyst-8510msr (environment) · cisco-catalyst-8540csr (environment) · cisco-catalyst-8540msr (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9200 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9200cx (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9200l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-24p-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-24p-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-24s-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-24s-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-24t-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-24t-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-24u-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-24u-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-24ux-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-24ux-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-48p-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-48p-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-48s-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-48s-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-48t-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-48t-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-48u-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-48u-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-48un-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-48un-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-48uxm-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-48uxm-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-24p-4g-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-24p-4g-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-24p-4x-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-24p-4x-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-24t-4g-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-24t-4g-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-24t-4x-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-24t-4x-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-48p-4g-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-48p-4g-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-48p-4x-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-48p-4x-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-48t-4g-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-48t-4g-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-48t-4x-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-48t-4x-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-stack (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300lm (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300x (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9400 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9400-supervisor-engine-1 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9407r (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9410r (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9500 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9500h (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9600 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9600-supervisor-engine-1 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9600x (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9800 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9800-40 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9800-40-wireless-controller (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9800-80 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9800-80-wireless-controller (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9800-cl (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9800-embedded-wireless-controller (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9800-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9800-l-c (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9800-l-f (environment) · cisco-catalyst-ie3200 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-ie3200-rugged-switch (environment) · cisco-catalyst-ie3300 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-ie3300-rugged-switch (environment) · cisco-catalyst-ie3400 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-ie3400-heavy-duty-switch (environment) · cisco-catalyst-ie3400-rugged-switch (environment) · cisco-catalyst-ie9300 (environment) · cisco-cbr-8 (environment) · cisco-cg418-e (environment) · cisco-cg522-e (environment) · cisco-esr6300 (environment) · cisco-ess-3300-24t-con-a (environment) · cisco-ess-3300-24t-con-e (environment) · cisco-ess-3300-24t-ncp-a (environment) · cisco-ess-3300-24t-ncp-e (environment) · cisco-ess-3300-con-a (environment) · cisco-ess-3300-con-e (environment) · cisco-ess-3300-ncp-a (environment) · cisco-ess-3300-ncp-e (environment) · cisco-ess9300-10x-e (environment) · cisco-integrated-services-virtual-router (environment)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

7.8HIGHcisco
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-284NVD-CWE-noinfo

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