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Cisco NX-OS Software Image Verification Bypass Vulnerability

Published Dec 4, 2024

Description

A vulnerability in the bootloader of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated attacker with physical access to an affected device, or an authenticated, local attacker with administrative credentials, to bypass NX-OS image signature verification.  This vulnerability is due to insecure bootloader settings. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by executing a series of bootloader commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass NX-OS image signature verification and load unverified software.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (1)

References (1)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner cisco
Published Dec 4, 2024
Updated Apr 8, 2025
Reserved Nov 8, 2023
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Dec 4, 2024
NVD
Status Deferred
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a