A vulnerability in the process of uploading new application images to Cisco FXOS on the Cisco Firepower 4100 Series Next-Generation Firewall

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• cisco fxos2.0(1.68)

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (cisco). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

• n/a Cisco Firepower 4100 Series Next-Generation Firewall and Firepower 9300 Security Appliance unknown

  • Cisco Firepower 4100 Series Next-Generation Firewall and Firepower 9300 Security Appliance unknownaffected

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2021-34714Multiple Cisco Operating Systems Unidirectional Link Detection Denial of Service Vulnerability
  29Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);2res.sendFile(file);

1const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);2if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {3  return res.sendStatus(400);4}5res.sendFile(file);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.