TL;DR π
A privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in Cisco Secure Network Analytics Manager and Cisco Secure Network Analytics Virtual Manager. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with valid administrative credentials to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system. Cisco has released software updates to address this issue, but no workarounds are available.
What happened π΅οΈββοΈ
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Secure Network Analytics Manager and Cisco Secure Network Analytics Virtual Manager was discovered. This vulnerability stems from insufficient input validation in specific fields, allowing an authenticated attacker to send crafted input and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system.