TL;DR 📌
A privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in the Cisco Catalyst Center Virtual Appliance, allowing authenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to Administrator. The highest CVSS score for this vulnerability is 8.8, categorized as High severity. No workarounds are available, but fixed software releases are provided.
What happened 🕵️♂️
A vulnerability in the Cisco Catalyst Center Virtual Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate their privileges to Administrator on an affected system. This issue arises from insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker with valid credentials for a user account with at least the Observer role could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request, potentially allowing unauthorized modifications to the system.