Cisco Secure Network Analytics Privilege Escalation Vulnerability – Source:sec.cloudapps.cisco.com

Medium

Summary

• A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Secure Network Analytics could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with valid administrative credentials to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system.

  This vulnerability is due to insufficient integrity checks within device backup files. An attacker with valid administrative credentials could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious backup file and restoring it to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain shell access on the underlying operating system with the privileges of root.

  Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

  This advisory is available at the following link:
  https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sna-prvesc-4BQmK33Z

Affected Products

• At the time of publication, this vulnerability affected the following Cisco products, regardless of device configuration:

  • Secure Network Analytics Data Store
  • Secure Network Analytics Flow Collector
  • Secure Network Analytics Flow Sensor
  • Secure Network Analytics Manager
  • Secure Network Analytics UDP Director
  • Secure Network Analytics Virtual Data Store
  • Secure Network Analytics Virtual Flow Collector
  • Secure Network Analytics Virtual Flow Sensor
  • Secure Network Analytics Virtual Manager
  • Secure Network Analytics Virtual UDP Director

  Note: Cisco Secure Network Analytics releases earlier than Release 7.5.0 allowed system administrators (sysadmin) root shell access by default and are not affected by this vulnerability. For more information, see the Cisco Secure Network Analytics System Configuration Guide.

  For information about which Cisco software releases were vulnerable at the time of publication, see the Fixed Software section of this advisory. See the Details section in the bug ID at the top of this advisory for the most complete and current information.

  Only products listed in the Vulnerable Products section of this advisory are known to be affected by this vulnerability.

  Cisco has confirmed that this vulnerability does not affect Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics.

Workarounds

• There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Fixed Software

• When considering software upgrades, customers are advised to regularly consult the advisories for Cisco products, which are available from the Cisco Security Advisories page, to determine exposure and a complete upgrade solution.

  In all cases, customers should ensure that the devices to be upgraded contain sufficient memory and confirm that current hardware and software configurations will continue to be supported properly by the new release. If the information is not clear, customers are advised to contact the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) or their contracted maintenance providers.

  Fixed Releases

  At the time of publication, the release information in the following table was accurate. See the Details section in the bug ID at the top of this advisory for the most complete and current information.

  The left column lists Cisco software releases, and the right column indicates whether a release was affected by the vulnerability that is described in this advisory and which release included the fix for this vulnerability.

  Cisco Secure Network Analytics Release	First Fixed Release
  7.4 and earlier	Not vulnerable
  7.5.0	7.5.0 ROLLUP20250218-01
  7.5.1	7.5.1 ROLLUP20250218-01
  7.5.2	7.5.2 ROLLUP20250319-01

  The Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) validates only the affected and fixed release information that is documented in this advisory.

Exploitation and Public Announcements

• The Cisco PSIRT is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory.

Source

• This vulnerability was found during internal security testing.

Cisco Security Vulnerability Policy

• To learn about Cisco security vulnerability disclosure policies and publications, see the Security Vulnerability Policy. This document also contains instructions for obtaining fixed software and receiving security vulnerability information from Cisco.

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URL

• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sna-prvesc-4BQmK33Z

Revision History

• Version	Description	Section	Status	Date
  1.0	Initial public release.	–	Final	2025-APR-16

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