CVE-2024-20440 (GCVE-0-2024-20440)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-09-04 16:28
Modified
2025-04-01 21:47
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-532 - Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
Summary
A vulnerability in Cisco Smart Licensing Utility could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive information. This vulnerability is due to excessive verbosity in a debug log file. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain log files that contain sensitive data, including credentials that can be used to access the API.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Cisco Cisco Smart License Utility Version: 2.1.0
Version: 2.0.0
Version: 2.2.0
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