17.8.1

CVSS 7.8 - HIGH

Attack vector

LOCAL

Attack complexity

LOW

Privileges required

LOW

Confidentiality impact

HIGH

Integrity impact

HIGH

Availability impact

HIGH

local

low complexity

cisco

NVD

Published: 2023-03-23

Updated: 2023-11-07

Summary

A vulnerability in the Meraki onboarding feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain root level privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient memory protection in the Meraki onboarding feature of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modifying the Meraki registration parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
OS	Cisco Cisco IOS XE 17.7.1 Cisco IOS XE 17.8.1	2
Hardware	Cisco Cisco Catalyst 9200 - Cisco Catalyst 9200Cx - Cisco Catalyst 9200L - Cisco Catalyst 9300 - Cisco Catalyst 9300 24P A - Cisco Catalyst 9300 24P E - Cisco Catalyst 9300 24S A - Cisco Catalyst 9300 24S E - Cisco Catalyst 9300 24T A - Cisco Catalyst 9300 24T E - Cisco Catalyst 9300 24U A - Cisco Catalyst 9300 24U E - Cisco Catalyst 9300 24Ux A - Cisco Catalyst 9300 24Ux E - Cisco Catalyst 9300 48P A - Cisco Catalyst 9300 48P E - Cisco Catalyst 9300 48S A - Cisco Catalyst 9300 48S E - Cisco Catalyst 9300 48T A - Cisco Catalyst 9300 48T E - Cisco Catalyst 9300 48U A - Cisco Catalyst 9300 48U E - Cisco Catalyst 9300 48Un A - Cisco Catalyst 9300 48Un E - Cisco Catalyst 9300 48Uxm A - Cisco Catalyst 9300 48Uxm E - Cisco Catalyst 9300L - Cisco Catalyst 9300L 24P 4G A - Cisco Catalyst 9300L 24P 4G E - Cisco Catalyst 9300L 24P 4X A - Cisco Catalyst 9300L 24P 4X E - Cisco Catalyst 9300L 24T 4G A - Cisco Catalyst 9300L 24T 4G E - Cisco Catalyst 9300L 24T 4X A - Cisco Catalyst 9300L 24T 4X E - Cisco Catalyst 9300L 48P 4G A - Cisco Catalyst 9300L 48P 4G E - Cisco Catalyst 9300L 48P 4X A - Cisco Catalyst 9300L 48P 4X E - Cisco Catalyst 9300L 48T 4G A - Cisco Catalyst 9300L 48T 4G E - Cisco Catalyst 9300L 48T 4X A - Cisco Catalyst 9300L 48T 4X E - Cisco Catalyst 9300L Stack - Cisco Catalyst 9300Lm - Cisco Catalyst 9300X -	46

References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxe-priv-esc-sABD8hcU