CVE-2024-20489: Cisco IOS XR

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability in the storage method of the PON Controller configuration file could allow an authenticated, local attacker with low privileges to obtain the MongoDB credentials. This vulnerability is due to improper storage of the unencrypted database credentials on the device that is running Cisco IOS XR Software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by accessing the configuration files on an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view MongoDB credentials.

Affected products

• Cisco IOS XR: version 24.1.1 only; version 24.1.2 only; version 24.2.1 only; version 24.2.11 only; version 24.3.1 only

Published 2024-09-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.