TL;DR 📌
A command injection vulnerability has been identified in Cisco NX-OS Software that could allow an authenticated local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.4, indicating a Medium severity level. Cisco has released software updates to address this issue, but there are no workarounds available.
What happened 🕵️♂️
A vulnerability in the command-line interface (CLI) of Cisco NX-OS Software allows an authenticated, local attacker to perform a command injection attack on the operating system of affected devices. This vulnerability arises from insufficient validation of user-supplied input. If exploited, an attacker with valid user credentials could read and write files on the underlying operating system with the privileges of a non-root user account.