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2 vulnerabilities found for Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent by Cisco

CVE-2026-20161 (GCVE-0-2026-20161)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-04-15 16:03 – Updated: 2026-04-15 16:56
VLAI?
Title
Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
Summary
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent could allow an authenticated, local attacker with low privileges to overwrite arbitrary files on the local system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper access controls on files that are on the local file system of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by placing a symbolic link in a specific location on the local file system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass file system permissions and overwrite arbitrary files on the affected device.
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Cisco Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent Affected: Agent 5.0
Affected: Agent 4.4.4
Affected: Agent 4.4.3
Affected: Agent 4.4.2
Affected: Agent 4.2
Affected: Agent 4.1
Affected: Agent 4.0
Affected: Agent 5.1
Affected: Agent 5.1.2
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CVE-2026-20161 (GCVE-0-2026-20161)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-15 16:03 – Updated: 2026-04-15 16:56
VLAI?
Title
Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
Summary
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent could allow an authenticated, local attacker with low privileges to overwrite arbitrary files on the local system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper access controls on files that are on the local file system of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by placing a symbolic link in a specific location on the local file system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass file system permissions and overwrite arbitrary files on the affected device.
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Cisco Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent Affected: Agent 5.0
Affected: Agent 4.4.4
Affected: Agent 4.4.3
Affected: Agent 4.4.2
Affected: Agent 4.2
Affected: Agent 4.1
Affected: Agent 4.0
Affected: Agent 5.1
Affected: Agent 5.1.2
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