CVE-2024-20397

Cisco NX-OS Software Image Verification Bypass Vulnerability

MEDIUM
5.2
CVSS Score
Published: December 4, 2024 at 04:13 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:06 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorNx OSUnified Computing System

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Severity
MEDIUM5.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the bootloader of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated attacker with physical access to an affected device, or an authenticated, local attacker with administrative credentials, to bypass NX-OS image signature verification.  This vulnerability is due to insecure bootloader settings. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by executing a series of bootloader commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass NX-OS image signature verification and load unverified software.

Affected

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

10.1(1)10.1(2)10.1(2t)10.2(1)10.2(1q)10.2(2)10.2(2a)10.2(3)10.2(3t)10.2(3v)10.2(4)10.2(5)10.2(6)10.2(7)10.2(8)10.3(1)10.3(2)10.3(3)10.3(3o)10.3(3p)10.3(3q)10.3(3r)10.3(3w)10.3(3x)10.3(4)10.3(4a)10.3(4g)10.3(4h)10.3(5)10.3(6)10.3(99w)10.3(99x)10.4(1)10.4(2)10.4(3)10.4(4)10.4(4g)10.5(1)13.2(10e)13.2(10f)13.2(10g)13.2(1l)13.2(1m)13.2(2l)13.2(2o)13.2(3i)13.2(3j)13.2(3n)13.2(3o)13.2(3r)13.2(3s)13.2(41d)13.2(4d)13.2(4e)13.2(5d)13.2(5e)13.2(5f)13.2(6i)13.2(7f)13.2(7k)13.2(8d)13.2(9b)13.2(9f)13.2(9h)14.0(1h)14.0(2c)14.0(3c)14.0(3d)14.1(1i)14.1(1j)14.1(1k)14.1(1l)14.1(2g)14.1(2m)14.1(2o)14.1(2s)14.1(2u)14.1(2w)14.1(2x)14.2(1i)14.2(1j)14.2(1l)14.2(2e)14.2(2f)14.2(2g)14.2(3j)14.2(3l)14.2(3n)14.2(3q)14.2(4i)14.2(4k)14.2(4o)14.2(4p)14.2(5k)14.2(5l)14.2(5n)14.2(6d)14.2(6g)14.2(6h)14.2(6l)14.2(6o)14.2(7f)14.2(7l)14.2(7q)14.2(7r)14.2(7s)14.2(7t)14.2(7u)14.2(7v)14.2(7w)15.0(1k)15.0(1l)15.0(2e)15.0(2h)15.1(1h)15.1(2e)15.1(3e)15.1(4c)15.2(1g)15.2(2e)15.2(2f)15.2(2g)15.2(2h)15.2(3e)15.2(3f)15.2(3g)15.2(4d)15.2(4e)15.2(4f)15.2(5c)15.2(5d)15.2(5e)15.2(6e)15.2(6g)15.2(6h)15.2(7f)15.2(7g)15.2(8d)15.2(8e)15.2(8f)15.2(8g)15.2(8h)15.2(8i)15.3(1d)15.3(2a)15.3(2b)15.3(2c)15.3(2d)15.3(2e)16.0(1g)16.0(1j)16.0(2h)16.0(2j)16.0(3d)16.0(3e)16.0(3g)16.0(4c)16.0(5h)16.0(5j)16.0(6c)16.0(7e)16.0(8e)16.1(1f)6.0(2)A8(1)6.0(2)A8(10)6.0(2)A8(10a)6.0(2)A8(11)6.0(2)A8(11a)6.0(2)A8(11b)6.0(2)A8(2)6.0(2)A8(3)6.0(2)A8(4)6.0(2)A8(4a)6.0(2)A8(5)6.0(2)A8(6)6.0(2)A8(7)6.0(2)A8(7a)6.0(2)A8(7b)6.0(2)A8(8)6.0(2)A8(9)7.0(3)F3(1)7.0(3)F3(2)7.0(3)F3(3)7.0(3)F3(3a)7.0(3)F3(3c)7.0(3)F3(4)7.0(3)F3(5)7.0(3)I4(1)7.0(3)I4(1t)7.0(3)I4(2)7.0(3)I4(3)7.0(3)I4(4)7.0(3)I4(5)7.0(3)I4(6)7.0(3)I4(6t)7.0(3)I4(7)7.0(3)I4(8)7.0(3)I4(8a)7.0(3)I4(8b)7.0(3)I4(8z)7.0(3)I4(9)7.0(3)I5(1)7.0(3)I5(2)7.0(3)I5(3)7.0(3)I5(3a)7.0(3)I5(3b)7.0(3)I6(1)7.0(3)I6(2)7.0(3)I7(1)7.0(3)I7(10)7.0(3)I7(2)7.0(3)I7(3)7.0(3)I7(3z)7.0(3)I7(4)7.0(3)I7(5)7.0(3)I7(5a)7.0(3)I7(6)7.0(3)I7(6z)7.0(3)I7(7)7.0(3)I7(8)7.0(3)I7(9)7.0(3)I7(9w)7.0(3)IA7(1)7.0(3)IA7(2)7.0(3)IC4(4)7.0(3)IM7(2)7.3(0)D1(1)7.3(0)DX(1)7.3(0)DY(1)7.3(1)D1(1)7.3(1)DY(1)7.3(2)D1(1)7.3(2)D1(1d)7.3(2)D1(2)7.3(2)D1(3)7.3(2)D1(3a)7.3(3)D1(1)7.3(4)D1(1)7.3(5)D1(1)7.3(6)D1(1)7.3(7)D1(1)7.3(8)D1(1)7.3(9)D1(1)8.1(1)8.1(1a)8.1(1b)8.1(2)8.1(2a)8.2(1)8.2(10)8.2(11)8.2(2)8.2(3)8.2(4)8.2(5)8.2(6)8.2(7)8.2(7a)8.2(8)8.2(9)8.3(1)8.3(2)8.4(1)8.4(1a)8.4(2)8.4(2a)8.4(2b)8.4(2c)8.4(2d)8.4(2e)8.4(2f)8.4(3)8.4(4)8.4(4a)8.4(5)8.4(6)8.4(6a)8.4(7)8.4(8)8.4(9)8.5(1)9.2(1)9.2(1a)9.2(2)9.2(2t)9.2(2v)9.2(3)9.2(3y)9.2(4)9.3(1)9.3(10)9.3(11)9.3(12)9.3(13)9.3(14)9.3(1z)9.3(2)9.3(2a)9.3(3)9.3(4)9.3(5)9.3(5w)9.3(6)9.3(7)9.3(7a)9.3(7k)9.3(8)9.3(9)9.4(1)9.4(1a)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.2MEDIUMcisco
Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-284

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