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Cisco IOS XE Software IOx Application Hosting Environment Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

cisco-sa-iox-priv-escalate-Xg8zkyPk · High · Published · Updated

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. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link:https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iox-priv-escalate-Xg8zkyPk This advisory is part of the March 2023 release of the Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication. For a complete list of the advisories and links to them, see Cisco Event Response: March 2023 Semiannual Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication.

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Workarounds

There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. However, as a mitigation, customers who do not want to use the Cisco IOx application hosting environment can disable IOx permanently on a device by using the no iox configuration command.

While this mitigation has been deployed and was proven successful in a test environment, customers should determine the applicability and effectiveness in their own environment and under their own use conditions. Customers should be aware that any workaround or mitigation that is implemented may negatively impact the functionality or performance of their network based on intrinsic customer deployment scenarios and limitations. Customers should not deploy any workarounds or mitigations before first evaluating the applicability to their own environment and any impact to such environment.

CVEsCVE-2023-20065
Cisco Bug IDsCSCwd25783
CVSS ScoreBase 7.8
Base 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:X/RL:X/RC:X
Product Names From Source
Cisco IOS XE Software 16.4.1, Cisco IOS XE Software 16.4.2, Cisco IOS XE Software 16.4.3, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.3.1, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.3.2, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.3.3, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.3.1a, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.3.1w, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.3.2a, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.3.1x, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.3.1z, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.3.3a, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.3.4, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.3.5, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.3.4a, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.3.6, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.3.4b, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.3.4c, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.3.5a, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.3.5b, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.4.1, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.4.2, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.4.1a, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.4.1b, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.4.1c, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.4.2a, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.5.1, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.5.1a, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.5.1b, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.5.1c, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.6.1, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.6.2, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.6.1w, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.6.1a, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.6.1x, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.6.3, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.6.1y, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.6.1z, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.6.3a, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.6.4, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.6.1z1, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.7.1, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.7.1a, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.7.1b, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.7.2, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.8.1, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.8.1a, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.9.1, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.9.1w, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.9.2, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.9.1a, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.9.2a, Cisco IOS XE Software 17.11.99SW, Cisco IOS XE Software

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