🛡️ CVE-2023-20012
🟡 CVSS 5.3 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-287 NVD
5.3
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI console login authentication of Cisco Nexus 9300-FX3 Series Fabric Extender (FEX) when used in UCS Fabric Interconnect deployments could allow an unauthenticated attacker with physical access to bypass authentication. This vulnerability is due to the improper implementation of the password validation function. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to the console port on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass authentication and execute a limited set of commands local to the FEX, which could cause a device reboot and denial of service (DoS) condition.

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.3
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-287
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-02-23
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2024-11-21
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
nexus-93180yc-fx3-firmware
nexus-93180yc-fx3s-firmware
ucs-64108-firmware
ucs-6454-firmware
ucs-6536-firmware
ucs-central-software 4.2 4.2\(2d\)

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