CVE-2019-1726

HIGH

Cisco NX-OS 5.2-6.2(25) - Authenticated OS Command Injection via CLI Argument

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to access internal services that should be restricted on an affected device, such as the NX-API. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments passed to a certain CLI command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including malicious input as the argument to the affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass intended restrictions and access internal services of the device. An attacker would need valid device credentials to exploit this vulnerability.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108409

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0042
EPSS Percentile 33.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-20 CWE-78
Status published
Products (1)
cisco/nx-os 5.2 - 6.2\(25\)
Published May 15, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026