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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-2024-20478"
idYear: 2024
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2024-08-28T16:30:07.175Z"
updatedAt: "2024-09-06T14:11:08.951Z"
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-2024-20478"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-20478.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-20478"
title: "Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller App Privilege Escalation Vulnerability"
summary: "A vulnerability in the software upgrade component of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) and Cisco Cloud Network Controller, formerly Cisco Cloud APIC, could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with Administrator-level privileges to install a modified software image, leading to arbitrary code injection on an affected system.\r\n\r\nThis vulnerability is due to insufficient signature validation of software images. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by installing a modified software image. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system and elevate their privileges to root.\r\nNote: Administrators should always validate the hash of any upgrade image before uploading it to Cisco APIC and Cisco Cloud Network Controller."
affected: 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Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)","defaultStatus":"unknown"}]

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