CVE-2024-20253: Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise · Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Affects Cisco Unified Contact Center EnterpriseSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.9 Critical.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 10:12 UTC
- EPSS
- 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 83% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 26 Jan 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
- Immediate verification of Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise versions in use and consultation with Cisco’s official security advisories for patches or workarounds is essential.
- If patches are not yet available, organizations should implement network-level controls to restrict access to the affected listening ports, limiting exposure to trusted internal networks only.
- Employ strict firewall rules and intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS) to monitor and block suspicious traffic targeting the vulnerable ports.
- Conduct thorough logging and monitoring of contact center devices to detect anomalous activities indicative of exploitation attempts.
- Use network segmentation to isolate contact center infrastructure from other critical systems, reducing potential lateral movement.
- Regularly update and harden the underlying operating systems and web services to minimize privilege escalation opportunities.
- Prepare incident response plans specifically addressing potential exploitation scenarios of this vulnerability.
- Engage with Cisco support for guidance and to receive updates on patches or mitigations as they become available.
Description
A vulnerability in multiple Cisco Unified Communications and Contact Center Solutions products could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to the improper processing of user-provided data that is being read into memory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted message to a listening port of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with the privileges of the web services user. With access to the underlying operating system, the attacker could also establish root access on the affected device.