CVE-2023-20185

Summary

CVECVE-2023-20185
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-07-12 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-25 17:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the Cisco ACI Multi-Site CloudSec encryption feature of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in ACI mode could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to read or modify intersite encrypted traffic. This vulnerability is due to an issue with the implementation of the ciphers that are used by the CloudSec encryption feature on affected switches. An attacker with an on-path position between the ACI sites could exploit this vulnerability by intercepting intersite encrypted traffic and using cryptanalytic techniques to break the encryption. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read or modify the traffic that is transmitted between the sites. Cisco has not released and will not release software updates that address this vulnerability.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-326

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Cisco Nexus 9000 In Aci Mode - All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.0\(1h\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.0\(2c\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.0\(3c\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.0\(3d\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.1\(1i\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.1\(1j\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.1\(1k\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.1\(1l\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.1\(2g\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.1\(2m\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.1\(2o\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.1\(2s\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.1\(2u\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.1\(2w\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.1\(2x\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(1i\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(1j\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(1l\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(2e\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(2f\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(2g\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(3j\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(3l\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(3n\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(3q\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(4i\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(4k\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(4o\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(4p\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(5k\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(5l\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(5n\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(6d\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(6g\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(6h\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(6l\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(6o\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(7f\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(7l\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(7q\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(7r\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(7s\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(7t\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(7u\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(7v\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 14.2\(7w\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 15.0\(1k\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 15.0\(1l\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 15.0\(2e\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 15.0\(2h\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 15.1\(1h\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 15.1\(2e\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 15.1\(3e\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 15.1\(4c\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 15.2\(1g\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 15.2\(2e\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 15.2\(2f\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 15.2\(2g\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 15.2\(2h\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 15.2\(3e\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 15.2\(3f\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 15.2\(3g\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 15.2\(4d\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 15.2\(4e\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 15.2\(4f\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 15.2\(5c\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 15.2\(5d\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 15.2\(5e\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 15.2\(6e\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 15.2\(6g\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 15.2\(7f\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 15.2\(7g\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 15.2\(8d\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 16.0\(1g\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 16.0\(1j\) All All All
Operating System Cisco Nx-os 16.0\(2h\) All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco ACI Multi-Site CloudSec Encryption Information Disclosure Vulnerability MISC sec.cloudapps.cisco.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 317335 Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Multi-Site CloudSec Encryption Information Disclosure Vulnerability (cisco-sa-aci-cloudsec-enc-Vs5Wn2sX)
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