Is CVE-2024-20282 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-20282 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-20282?

CVE-2024-20282 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-20282?

CVE-2024-20282 has an EPSS score of 0.17% (6th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-20282?

Upgrade nexus dashboard to 3.1(1k) or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-20282

MEDIUM

6.0

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an authenticated, local attacker with valid rescue-user credentials to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient protections for a sensitive access token. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using this token to access resources within the device infrastructure. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to gain root access to the filesystem or hosted containers on an affected device.

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management CWE-522

How to fix

Remediation Available

nexus dashboardNVD

Affected:< 3.1(1k)Fixed in:3.1(1k)CVE-2024-20282derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.17%probability of exploitation in 30 days

6thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 6% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

sec.cloudapps.cisco.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2017-12635	Critical	9.8	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-24637	Critical	9.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-5689	Critical	9.8	92%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-3243	Critical	9.8	88%	-	-
CVE-2024-21888	High	8.8	87%	-	-
CVE-2022-0441	Critical	9.8	85%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-05-07.