CVE-2023-20090
Cisco Telepresence Collaboration Endpoint 9.0.0.0 – 9.15.17.4
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2023-20090 is a medium-severity Path Traversal: 'dir/../../filename' (CWE-27) vulnerability in Cisco Telepresence Collaboration Endpoint. Its CVSS base score is 6.7 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 11th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-24269
Vulnerability Data
A vulnerability in Cisco TelePresence CE and RoomOS could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper access control on certain CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this…
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vulnerability by running a series of crafted commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Input validation directly stops untrusted pathnames containing ../ sequences from being used to construct traversals outside the intended directory.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly require input validation and path sanitization that prevent directory traversal flaws.
Vulnerability identification processes will discover path traversal weaknesses during code or configuration review.
Least-privilege file permissions and access enforcement can limit the damage from a successful traversal.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure coding standards require neutralizing '../' sequences and using safe file APIs, eliminating this exact weakness.
Security testing in development catches path-traversal flaws before release but does not itself implement the control.
Secure development lifecycle mandates input validation and path sanitization that directly prevents directory traversal.
Application security requirements include explicit rules for safe file-path handling and canonicalization.
Secure architecture principles discourage unsafe path construction but do not prescribe the specific coding fix.
Information access restriction can limit which files are reachable, reducing impact but not preventing the traversal vector.