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Cisco CloudCenter Orchestrator Docker Engine Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Critical · Updated · Cisco

1 product with CSAF evidence

A vulnerability in the Docker Engine configuration of Cisco CloudCenter Orchestrator (CCO; formerly CliQr) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to install Docker containers with high privileges on the affected system. The vulnerability is due to a misconfiguration that causes the Docker Engine management port to be reachable outside of the CloudCenter Orchestrator system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by loading Docker containers on the affected system with arbitrary privileges. As a secondary impact this may allow the attacker to gain root privileges on the affected CloudCenter Orchestrator. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. Workarounds that mitigate this vulnerability are available.