CVE-2019-1782

MEDIUM

Cisco Nx-os < 4.0\(1a\) - Command Injection

Title source: rule

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments passed to certain CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including malicious input as the argument of an affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with elevated privileges. An attacker would need administrator credentials to exploit this vulnerability.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 29.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-88 CWE-77
Status published

Affected Products (2)

cisco/nx-os < 4.0\(1a\)
cisco/fx-os < 2.2.2.91

Timeline

Published May 15, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026