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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2024-20397"
idYear: 2024
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2024-12-04T16:13:13.890Z"
updatedAt: "2025-04-08T14:29:18.430Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:07.518Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-20397"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-20397.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-20397"
title: "Cisco NX-OS Software Image Verification Bypass Vulnerability"
summary: "A vulnerability in the bootloader of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated attacker with physical access to an affected device, or an authenticated, local attacker with administrative credentials, to bypass NX-OS image signature verification. \r\n\r\nThis vulnerability is due to insecure bootloader settings. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by executing a series of bootloader commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass NX-OS image signature verification and load unverified software."
affected: 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