CVE-2024-20265

Medium

Description

A vulnerability in the boot process of Cisco Access Point (AP) Software could allow an unauthenticated, physical attacker to bypass the Cisco Secure Boot functionality and load a software image that has been tampered with on an affected device. This vulnerability exists because unnecessary commands are available during boot time at the physical console. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by interrupting the boot process and executing specific commands to bypass the Cisco Secure Boot validation checks and load an image that has been tampered with. This image would have been previously downloaded onto the targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to load the image once. The Cisco Secure Boot functionality is not permanently compromised.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.9
Exploit probability—
ProductCisco IOS XE Software
PublishedMar 27, 2024
First seenMar 27, 2024
Weakness typeCWE-501CWE-501

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Cisco Cisco IOS XE SoftwareNo range specified—
Cisco Cisco Aironet Access Point Software8.2.100.0, 8.2.130.0, 8.2.111.0, 8.2.110.0, 8.2.121.0, 8.2.141.0, 8.2.151.0, 8.2.160.0, 8.2.161.0, 8.2.164.0, 8.2.166.0, 8.2.170.0, 8.2.163.0, 8.3.102.0, 8.3.111.0, 8.3.112.0, 8.3.121.0, 8.3.122.0, 8.3.130.0, 8.3.131.0, 8.3.132.0, 8.3.133.0, 8.3.140.0, 8.3.141.0, 8.3.143.0, 8.3.150.0, 8.3.108.0, 8.3.90.53, 8.3.104.46, 8.3.200.200, 8.3.104.64, 8.3.15.165, 8.3.90.11, 8.3.135.0, 8.3.104.14, 8.3.90.36, 8.3.15.142, 8.3.104.37, 8.3.15.117, 8.3.15.120, 8.3.15.25, 8.3.15.158, 8.3.15.118, 8.3.90.25, 8.3.15.169, 8.3.90.58, 8.4.100.0, 8.4.1.199, 8.4.1.91, 8.4.1.142, 8.4.1.175, 8.4.1.218, 8.4.1.92, 8.5.103.0, 8.5.105.0, 8.5.110.0, 8.5.120.0, 8.5.131.0, 8.5.140.0, 8.5.135.0, 8.5.151.0, 8.5.101.0, 8.5.102.0, 8.5.161.0, 8.5.160.0, 8.5.100.0, 8.5.171.0, 8.5.164.0, 8.5.182.0, 8.5.182.11 ME, 8.7.102.0, 8.7.106.0, 8.7.1.16, 8.8.100.0, 8.8.111.0, 8.8.120.0, 8.8.125.0, 8.8.130.0, 8.6.101.0, 8.6.1.84, 8.6.1.70, 8.6.1.71, 8.9.100.0, 8.9.111.0, 8.10.105.0, 8.10.111.0, 8.10.130.0, 8.10.112.0, 8.10.122.0, 8.10.113.0, 8.10.121.0, 8.10.141.0, 8.10.142.0, 8.10.151.0, 8.10.150.0, 8.10.171.0, 8.10.181.0, 8.10.182.0, 8.10.161.0, 8.10.170.0, 8.10.183.0, 8.10.162.0, 8.10.185.0—
Cisco Cisco Business Wireless Access Point Software10.0.1.0, 10.0.2.0, 10.1.1.0, 10.1.2.0, 10.2.1.0, 10.2.2.0, 10.3.1.0, 10.3.1.1, 10.3.2.0, 10.4.1.0, 10.4.2.0, 10.6.1.0, 10.6.2.0, 10.7.1.0, 10.8.1.0, 10.5.2.0—
Cisco Cisco Aironet Access Point Software (IOS XE Controller)16.10.1e, 16.10.1, 17.1.1t, 17.1.1s, 17.1.1, 16.11.1a, 16.11.1, 16.11.1c, 16.11.1b, 16.12.1s, 16.12.4, 16.12.1, 16.12.2s, 16.12.1t, 16.12.4a, 16.12.5, 16.12.3, 16.12.6, 16.12.8, 16.12.7, 16.12.6a, 17.3.1, 17.3.2a, 17.3.3, 17.3.4, 17.3.5, 17.3.2, 17.3.4c, 17.3.5a, 17.3.5b, 17.3.6, 17.2.1, 17.2.1a, 17.2.3, 17.2.2, 17.5.1, 17.4.1, 17.4.2, 17.6.1, 17.6.2, 17.6.3, 17.6.4, 17.6.5, 17.6.6a, 17.6.5a, 17.10.1, 17.9.1, 17.9.2, 17.9.3, 17.7.1, 17.8.1, 17.11.1—

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