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CVE-2024-20356

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2024-04-24
  • WeaknessCWE-78

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Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with Administrator-level privileges to perform command injection attacks on an affected system and elevate their privileges to root. This vulnerability is due to insufficient user input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted commands to the web-based management interface of the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate their privileges to root.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2024-04-2420:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub
  3. 2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2024-20356?format=csv
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Versions per branch

CISA-ADP
Cisco unified computing system
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published
Cisco unified computing system e-series
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

read 2026-10-23 19:24 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
2 repositories, unverifiednettitude/CVE-2024-20356SherllyNeo/CVE_2024_20356
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • NVDCVE recordread 2026-10-23
  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2024-04-25
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionpoc—
  • CNACVSS 3.18.7read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-78read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score29.6 %read 2026-10-23
  • PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept2read 2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Published
2024-04-24
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Deferred

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-20356?

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with Administrator-level privileges to perform command injection attacks on an affected system and elevate their privileges to root. This vulnerability is due to insufficient user input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted commands to the web-based management interface of the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate their privileges to root.

Is CVE-2024-20356 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2024-20356, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-20356?

CVE-2024-20356 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.7 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.

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