CVE-2020-3519
Cisco Data Center Network Manager Path Traversal Vulnerability
A vulnerability in a specific REST API method of Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a path traversal attack on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input to the API. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the API. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the affected device.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Cisco Data Center Network Manager Path Traversal Vulnerability
A vulnerability in a specific REST API method of Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a path traversal attack on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input to the API. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the API. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the affected device.
- Record
CVE-2020-3519- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-24790
A vulnerability in a specific REST API method of Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a path traversal attack on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input to the API. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the API. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the affected device.
- Record
EUVD-2020-24790- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pgmp-52m7-9hfg No score
A vulnerability in a specific REST API method of Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM)...
A vulnerability in a specific REST API method of Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a path traversal attack on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input to the API. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the API. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the affected device.
- Record
GHSA-pgmp-52m7-9hfg- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A vulnerability in a specific REST API method of Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a path traversal attack on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input to the API. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the API. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the affected device.
- Record
CVE-2020-3519- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 5.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-3519 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Cisco Data Center Network Manager, published August 26, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.97%, the 62nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.