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TI-2023-06749 Aliases CVE-2023-20040GHSA-v96g-9h62-76pj

Path traversal in Cisco Network Services Orchestrator

Priority LOW 27CWE-23Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-434.

Summary

A vulnerability in the NETCONF service of Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) on an affected system that is running as the root user. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must be a member of the admin group. This vulnerability exists because user-supplied input is not properly validated when NETCONF is used to upload packages to an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a specially crafted package file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to write crafted files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem or delete arbitrary files from the filesystem of an affected device, resulting in a DoS condition. Note: By default, during install, Cisco NSO will be set up to run as the root user unless the --run-as-user option is used.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01276 70th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
CiscoCisco Network Services Orchestrator4.7.3—No fix listedCNA
  • Cisco Network Services Orchestrator VendorCisco Affected 4.7.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:network_services_orchestrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.3 to before 5.4.7; 5.5 to before 5.5.6; 5.6 to before 5.6.7; 5.7 to before 5.7.4VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:network_services_orchestrator:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.8VulnerableCisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:network_services_orchestrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.3 to before 5.4.7; 5.5 to before 5.5.6; 5.6 to before 5.6.7; 5.7 to before 5.7.4 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:network_services_orchestrator:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.8 Vulnerable ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-20040
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v96g-9h62-76pj

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2025-23504 Erlang/OTP SSH Vulnerable to Pre-Authentication RCE KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • 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-2018-00233 Improper input validation in Cisco Network Services Orchestrator unknown CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-00859 Cisco Network Services Orchestrator Path Traversal Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2018-00422 Cisco Network Services Orchestrator Network Plug and Play Information Disclosure Vulnerability CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-13314 Cisco Network Services Orchestrator Configuration Update Authorization Bypass Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
See all 10 →

Sources

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