Root command execution via unvalidated CLI arguments
Published Jul 1, 2024 · Updated Oct 21, 2025
OS command injection in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software allows local users with Administrator credentials to execute commands as root. Specific configuration CLI commands pass crafted argument data to the underlying operating system without sufficient validation. Exploitation requires Administrator privileges and access to those commands; on platforms with bash-shell, it chiefly permits stealthier shell execution.
Summary
What happened
OS command injection in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software allows local users with Administrator credentials to execute commands as root. Specific configuration CLI commands pass crafted argument data to the underlying operating system without sufficient validation. Exploitation requires Administrator privileges and access to those commands; on platforms with bash-shell, it chiefly permits stealthier shell execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-20399
- Published
- Jul 1, 2024
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Vendor
- ClamAV
- Product
- Cisco NX-OS Software
- Classifications
- CWE-78, T1059.008
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 1, 2024Exploitation reportedAttempted exploitation observed by Cisco PSIRT
- Jul 1, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 21, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
Present is not the same as exploitable
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- Affected versionversion=10.2(1q)
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- Affected versionversion=10.2(2a)
- Affected versionversion=10.2(3)
- Affected versionversion=10.2(4)
- Affected versionversion=10.2(5)
- Affected versionversion=10.2(6)
- Affected versionversion=10.2(7)
- Affected versionversion=10.2(8)
- Affected versionversion=10.3(1)
- Affected versionversion=10.3(2)
- Affected versionversion=10.3(3)
- Affected versionversion=10.3(3o)
- Affected versionversion=10.3(3p)
- Affected versionversion=10.3(3q)
- Affected versionversion=10.3(3r)
- Affected versionversion=10.3(3w)
- Affected versionversion=10.3(3x)
- Affected versionversion=10.3(4)
- Affected versionversion=10.3(4a)
- Affected versionversion=10.3(4g)
- Affected versionversion=10.3(5)
- Affected versionversion=10.3(99w)
- Affected versionversion=10.3(99x)
- Affected versionversion=10.4(1)
- Affected versionversion=10.4(2)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)A6(1)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)A6(1a)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)A6(2)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)A6(2a)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)A6(3)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)A6(3a)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)A6(4)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)A6(4a)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)A6(5)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)A6(5a)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)A6(5b)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)A6(6)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)A6(7)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)A6(8)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)A8(1)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)A8(10)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)A8(10a)
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- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)A8(2)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)A8(3)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)A8(4)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)A8(4a)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)A8(5)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)A8(6)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)A8(7)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)A8(7a)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)A8(7b)
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- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)A8(9)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)U6(1)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)U6(10)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)U6(10a)
- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)U6(1a)
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- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)U6(2a)
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- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)U6(4a)
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- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)U6(5b)
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- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)U6(6)
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- Affected versionversion=6.0(2)U6(8)
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- Affected versionversion=6.2(1)
- Affected versionversion=6.2(10)
- Affected versionversion=6.2(11)
- Affected versionversion=6.2(11b)
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- Affected versionversion=6.2(11e)
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- Affected versionversion=6.2(13a)
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- Affected versionversion=6.2(16)
- Affected versionversion=6.2(17)
- Affected versionversion=6.2(17a)
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- Affected versionversion=6.2(19)
- Affected versionversion=6.2(2)
- Affected versionversion=6.2(20)
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- Affected versionversion=6.2(21)
- Affected versionversion=6.2(22)
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- Affected versionversion=6.2(24)
- Affected versionversion=6.2(24a)
- Affected versionversion=6.2(25)
- Affected versionversion=6.2(26)
- Affected versionversion=6.2(27)
- Affected versionversion=6.2(29)
- Affected versionversion=6.2(2a)
- Affected versionversion=6.2(3)
- Affected versionversion=6.2(31)
- Affected versionversion=6.2(33)
- Affected versionversion=6.2(5)
- Affected versionversion=6.2(5a)
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- Affected versionversion=6.2(6a)
- Affected versionversion=6.2(6b)
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- Affected versionversion=6.2(8a)
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- Affected versionversion=6.2(9)
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- Affected versionversion=6.2(9b)
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- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)F1(1)
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- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)F2(2)
- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)F3(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)F3(2)
- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)F3(3)
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- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)I4(1t)
- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)I4(2)
- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)I4(3)
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- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)I4(7)
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- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)I4(8a)
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- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)I4(8z)
- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)I4(9)
- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)I5(1)
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- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)I5(3)
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- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)I6(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)I6(2)
- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)I7(1)
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- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)I7(2)
- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)I7(3)
- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)I7(3z)
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- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)I7(5)
- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)I7(5a)
- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)I7(6)
- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)I7(6z)
- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)I7(7)
- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)I7(8)
- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)I7(9)
- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)I7(9w)
- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)IA7(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)IA7(2)
- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)IC4(4)
- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)IM3(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)IM3(2)
- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)IM3(2a)
- Affected versionversion=7.0(3)IM3(2b)
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- Affected versionversion=7.1(0)N1(1b)
- Affected versionversion=7.1(1)N1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.1(1)N1(1a)
- Affected versionversion=7.1(2)N1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.1(2)N1(1a)
- Affected versionversion=7.1(3)N1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.1(3)N1(2)
- Affected versionversion=7.1(3)N1(2a)
- Affected versionversion=7.1(3)N1(3)
- Affected versionversion=7.1(3)N1(4)
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- Affected versionversion=7.1(4)N1(1c)
- Affected versionversion=7.1(4)N1(1d)
- Affected versionversion=7.1(5)N1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.1(5)N1(1b)
- Affected versionversion=7.2(0)D1(1)
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- Affected versionversion=7.2(2)D1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.2(2)D1(2)
- Affected versionversion=7.2(2)D1(3)
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- Affected versionversion=7.3(0)D1(1)
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- Affected versionversion=7.3(0)N1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(0)N1(1a)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(0)N1(1b)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(10)N1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(11)N1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(11)N1(1a)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(12)N1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(13)N1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(14)N1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(1)D1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(1)DY(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(1)N1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(2)D1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(2)D1(1d)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(2)D1(2)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(2)D1(3)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(2)D1(3a)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(2)N1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(2)N1(1b)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(2)N1(1c)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(3)D1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(3)N1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(4)D1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(4)N1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(4)N1(1a)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(5)D1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(5)N1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(6)D1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(6)N1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(6)N1(1a)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(7)D1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(7)N1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(7)N1(1a)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(7)N1(1b)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(8)D1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(8)N1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(8)N1(1a)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(8)N1(1b)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(9)D1(1)
- Affected versionversion=7.3(9)N1(1)
- Affected versionversion=8.0(1)
- Affected versionversion=8.1(1)
- Affected versionversion=8.1(1a)
- Affected versionversion=8.1(1b)
- Affected versionversion=8.1(2)
- Affected versionversion=8.1(2a)
- Affected versionversion=8.2(1)
- Affected versionversion=8.2(10)
- Affected versionversion=8.2(11)
- Affected versionversion=8.2(2)
- Affected versionversion=8.2(3)
- Affected versionversion=8.2(4)
- Affected versionversion=8.2(5)
- Affected versionversion=8.2(6)
- Affected versionversion=8.2(7)
- Affected versionversion=8.2(7a)
- Affected versionversion=8.2(8)
- Affected versionversion=8.2(9)
- Affected versionversion=8.3(1)
- Affected versionversion=8.3(2)
- Affected versionversion=8.4(1)
- Affected versionversion=8.4(1a)
- Affected versionversion=8.4(2)
- Affected versionversion=8.4(2a)
- Affected versionversion=8.4(2b)
- Affected versionversion=8.4(2c)
- Affected versionversion=8.4(2d)
- Affected versionversion=8.4(2e)
- Affected versionversion=8.4(2f)
- Affected versionversion=8.4(3)
- Affected versionversion=8.4(4)
- Affected versionversion=8.4(4a)
- Affected versionversion=8.4(5)
- Affected versionversion=8.4(6)
- Affected versionversion=8.4(6a)
- Affected versionversion=8.4(7)
- Affected versionversion=8.4(8)
- Affected versionversion=8.4(9)
- Affected versionversion=8.5(1)
- Affected versionversion=9.2(1)
- Affected versionversion=9.2(1a)
- Affected versionversion=9.2(2)
- Affected versionversion=9.2(2t)
- Affected versionversion=9.2(2v)
- Affected versionversion=9.2(3)
- Affected versionversion=9.2(3y)
- Affected versionversion=9.2(4)
- Affected versionversion=9.3(1)
- Affected versionversion=9.3(10)
- Affected versionversion=9.3(11)
- Affected versionversion=9.3(12)
- Affected versionversion=9.3(13)
- Affected versionversion=9.3(1z)
- Affected versionversion=9.3(2)
- Affected versionversion=9.3(2a)
- Affected versionversion=9.3(3)
- Affected versionversion=9.3(4)
- Affected versionversion=9.3(5)
- Affected versionversion=9.3(5w)
- Affected versionversion=9.3(6)
- Affected versionversion=9.3(7)
- Affected versionversion=9.3(7a)
- Affected versionversion=9.3(7k)
- Affected versionversion=9.3(8)
- Affected versionversion=9.3(9)
- Affected versionversion=9.4(1)
- Affected versionversion=9.4(1a)
- Affected versionversion=9.4(2)
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Attacks
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Reported exploitation
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