RoomosApplication · Cisco
CVE-2020-26068
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA vulnerability in the xAPI service of Cisco Telepresence CE Software and Cisco RoomOS Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to generate an access token for an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient access authorization. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the xAPI service to generate a specific token. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to use the generated token to enable experimental features on the device that should not be available to users.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceA vulnerability in the xAPI service of Cisco Telepresence CE Software and Cisco RoomOS Software allows an authenticated, remote attacker to generate access tokens due to insufficient access authorization controls. The attacker can exploit this by using the xAPI service to generate a specific token, which can then be used to enable experimental features that should not be available to users.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
RoomosApplication
all versions
Telepresence Collaboration EndpointApplication
>= 9.10.0, < 9.10.3>= 9.12.0, < 9.12.4CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify product and versionAccess the admin interface or use the xCommand SystemUnit Info command via xAPI to retrieve the software version and product nameAffected if The product is Cisco Telepresence Collaboration Endpoint with version 9.10.0 to 9.10.2, or 9.12.0 to 9.12.3, or any version of Cisco RoomOS
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Verify xAPI service is accessibleConfirm the xAPI service (port 443 or 22) is reachable on the device. Check if the HTTP/HTTPS endpoint responds to xAPI commandsAffected if The xAPI service is exposed and accessible on the network
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Check for experimental feature accessAttempt to query experimental feature status using xCommand or xAPI. For example: xCommand ExperimentalFeatures List or similar xAPI commands that query experimental feature configurationAffected if Experimental features can be listed or modified without elevated administrative privileges beyond standard authentication
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Check for unauthorized token generation capabilityUse the xAPI command to attempt generating an access token (such as xCommand Authentication Token or similar) without proper authorizationAffected if Tokens can be generated by an authenticated user who should not have privileges to create administrative-level access tokens
The environment is affected if running a vulnerable version of Cisco Telepresence Collaboration Endpoint (9.10.0-9.10.2 or 9.12.0-9.12.3) or any version of Cisco RoomOS, with the xAPI service accessible and experimental features able to be accessed or tokens generated without proper authorization checks.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor data9.10.39.12.4
Apply the vendor patches or software updates provided by Cisco for Telepresence CE Software and RoomOS Software to address the insufficient authorization in the xAPI service.
Fix this in Roomos
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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