Medium [CVE-2026-20174] Cisco Nexus Dashboard Insights Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability
This medium-severity Cisco advisory covers CVE-2026-20174 affecting Nexus Dashboard Insights.
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Summary
A vulnerability in the Metadata update feature of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Insights could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to write arbitrary files to an affected system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of the metadata update file.
- Scope: At the time of publication, this vulnerability affected Cisco Nexus Dashboard Insights, regardless of the software configuration.
- 6.5 and earlier — Migrate to a fixed Nexus Dashboard release
- 3.1 — Migrate to a fixed release
- 3.2 — Migrate to a fixed release
- 4.1 — Migrate to a fixed release
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Fixed versions
No fixed release is recorded yet. That does not prove no patch exists — confirm against the vendor advisory.
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Mitigation checklist
- Upgrade to the first fixed release for your train per the Fixed Releases table in this advisory.
- Release 6.5 and earlier: migrate to a fixed Nexus Dashboard release.
- Release 3.1: migrate to a fixed release.
- Release 3.2: migrate to a fixed release.
- Release 4.1: migrate to a fixed release.
- There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
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