A command-injection vulnerability in the Cisco IOS XE Software web user interface (Web UI) allows an authenticated remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands into a crafted HTTP request due to insufficient input validation. Successful exploitation results in execution of attacker-supplied commands as the root user on the affected device.
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What it means. What to do now. Patch path, mitigations, and the assume-compromise checklist.
What an attacker gets, and what they’ve been doing with it.
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Patch, then assume compromise.
No public exploits tracked yet. Mallory keeps watching.
No public exploit code observed for this vulnerability.
Products and vendors Mallory has correlated with this vulnerability. Open in Mallory to drill down to specific CPE configurations and version ranges.
Vendor-confirmed product mapping. Mallory continuously reconciles this list against your asset inventory.
2 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
Previously patched Cisco IOS XE vulnerability used as a secondary/chained flaw to help deploy a Lua-based implant after initial access via CVE-2023-20198.
A previously patched vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE software that required authentication, but can be chained with CVE-2023-20198 to bypass authentication and execute system commands.
Query your assets running an affected version, and investigate the blast radius.
Every observed campaign linking this CVE to a named adversary.
Malware families riding this exploit, with evidence and IOCs.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
Community discussion across Reddit, Mastodon, and other social sources.