{"id":"CVE-2024-20478","aliases":["EUVD-2024-18193","GHSA-j3cr-gpf3-q8w2"],"status":"published","title":"Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller App Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","description":"A vulnerability in the software upgrade component of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) and Cisco\u0026nbsp;Cloud Network Controller, formerly Cisco Cloud APIC, could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with Administrator-level privileges to install a modified software image, leading to arbitrary code injection on an affected system.\r\n\r\nThis vulnerability is due to insufficient signature validation of software images. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by installing a modified software image. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system and elevate their privileges to root.\r\nNote: Administrators should always validate the hash of any upgrade image before uploading it to Cisco APIC and Cisco Cloud Network Controller.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.0074,"percentile":0.54941,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-250"],"published":"2024-08-28T16:30:07Z","modified":"2026-06-17T07:07:11Z","products":[{"vendor":"cisco","product":"application_policy_infrastructure_controller"},{"vendor":"cisco","product":"cisco application policy infrastructure controller (apic)"}],"references":[{"url":"https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-capic-priv-esc-uYQJjnuU","tags":["Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20478"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j3cr-gpf3-q8w2"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-20478","title":"Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller App Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","description":"A vulnerability in the software upgrade component of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) and Cisco\u0026nbsp;Cloud Network Controller, formerly Cisco Cloud APIC, could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with Administrator-level privileges to install a modified software image, leading to arbitrary code injection on an affected system.\r\n\r\nThis vulnerability is due to insufficient signature validation of software images. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by installing a modified software image. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system and elevate their privileges to root.\r\nNote: Administrators should always validate the hash of any upgrade image before uploading it to Cisco APIC and Cisco Cloud Network Controller.","status":"published","published":"2024-08-28T16:30:07.175Z","modified":"2024-09-06T14:11:08.951Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-250"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:56.868512Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2024-18193","description":"A vulnerability in the software upgrade component of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) and Cisco\u0026nbsp;Cloud Network Controller, formerly Cisco Cloud APIC, could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with Administrator-level privileges to install a modified software image, leading to arbitrary code injection on an affected system.\r\n\r\nThis vulnerability is due to insufficient signature validation of software images. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by installing a modified software image. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system and elevate their privileges to root.\r\nNote: Administrators should always validate the hash of any upgrade image before uploading it to Cisco APIC and Cisco Cloud Network Controller.","status":"published","published":"2024-08-28T16:30:07Z","modified":"2024-09-06T14:11:08Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:56:02.201955Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-j3cr-gpf3-q8w2","title":"A vulnerability in the software upgrade component of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure...","description":"A vulnerability in the software upgrade component of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) and Cisco\u0026nbsp;Cloud Network Controller, formerly Cisco Cloud APIC, could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with Administrator-level privileges to install a modified software image, leading to arbitrary code injection on an affected system.\n\nThis vulnerability is due to insufficient signature validation of software images. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by installing a modified software image. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system and elevate their privileges to root.\nNote: Administrators should always validate the hash of any upgrade image before uploading it to Cisco APIC and Cisco Cloud Network Controller.","status":"published","published":"2024-08-28T18:31:54Z","modified":"2024-08-28T18:31:55Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-250"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:58:07.107163Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2024-20478","description":"A vulnerability in the software upgrade component of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) and Cisco\u0026nbsp;Cloud Network Controller, formerly Cisco Cloud APIC, could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with Administrator-level privileges to install a modified software image, leading to arbitrary code injection on an affected system.\r\n\r\nThis vulnerability is due to insufficient signature validation of software images. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by installing a modified software image. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system and elevate their privileges to root.\r\nNote: Administrators should always validate the hash of any upgrade image before uploading it to Cisco APIC and Cisco Cloud Network Controller.","status":"published","published":"2024-08-28T17:15:10.22Z","modified":"2026-06-17T07:07:11.197Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":7.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-250"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:10:21.771404Z"}]}}