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CVE-2024-20356Active Exploitation

MEDIUMCVSS 8.7 · HIGH

Exploitation ongoing with high activity in latest observed window (1 mentions)

Immediate actions

  • Patch affected systems immediately
  • Assume compromise if assets are exposed

Recommended action window: Immediate (within 24h)

NVD description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with Administrator-level privileges to perform command injection attacks on an affected system and elevate their privileges to root. This vulnerability is due to insufficient user input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted commands to the web-based management interface of the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate their privileges to root.

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4.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Other references
Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-78

Priority

MEDIUM

Exploitation

ACTIVE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

  • Active exploitation appears in 1 classified signals
  • Patch or workaround signal is available
  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Active exploitation reported across 1 signal
  • Patch or workaround mentioned in 1 signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-04-22: 1Active Exploitation · 2026-04-22: 1Patch / Workaround · 2026-04-22: 104-22
Signal classification1 categories
Active Exploitation
1100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
Full discourse1 post
  • Security Arsenal, LLC@SecurityAr58409
    Active Exploitation

    🔒 #CyberSecurity CVE-2024-20356: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Exploitation — Detection and Hard… "CISA mandates emergency patching for Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager due to active…" 🔗 https://securityarsenal.com/blog/cve-2024-20356-cisco-catalyst-sd-wan-manager-exploitation-detection-and-hardening #CyberSecurity #ThreatIntel #cve #zeroday #patchtuesday

    Post summary

    The tweet announces that CISA has issued an emergency patch for Cisco Catalyst SD‑WAN Manager (CVE‑2024‑20356) due to active exploitation in the wild, indicating a real-world threat that requires immediate remediation.

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