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TI-2020-02801 Aliases CVE-2020-3241GHSA-9qfx-7mxj-67c9

Cisco UCS Director Path Traversal Vulnerability

Priority LOW 33CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

A vulnerability in the orchestration tasks of Cisco UCS Director could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a path traversal attack on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input on the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a task with specific configuration parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files in the file system of an affected device.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01982 80th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
CiscoCisco Unified Computing System (Management Software)all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • Cisco Unified Computing System (Management Software) VendorCisco Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ucs_director:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 6.7.4.0VulnerableCisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ucs_director:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 6.7.4.0 Vulnerable ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-3241
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9qfx-7mxj-67c9

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2021-19919 Apache Log4j2 JNDI features do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2020-02803 Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco UCS Director and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-01555 Hard-coded credentials in Cisco Unified Computing System Director CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-02807 Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco UCS Director and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-02808 Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco UCS Director and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-02799 Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco UCS Director and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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