CVE-2019-1859

HIGH

Cisco Small Business Switches - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the Secure Shell (SSH) authentication process of Cisco Small Business Switches software could allow an attacker to bypass client-side certificate authentication and revert to password authentication. The vulnerability exists because OpenSSH mishandles the authentication process. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by attempting to connect to the device via SSH. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access the configuration as an administrative user if the default credentials are not changed. There are no workarounds available; however, if client-side certificate authentication is enabled, disable it and use strong password authentication. Client-side certificate authentication is disabled by default.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.2
EPSS 0.0086
EPSS Percentile 53.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-285 CWE-295
Status published
Products (50)
cisco/sf200-24_firmware < 1.4.10.6
cisco/sf200-24fp_firmware < 1.4.10.6
cisco/sf200-24p_firmware < 1.4.10.6
cisco/sf200-48_firmware < 1.4.10.6
cisco/sf200-48p_firmware < 1.4.10.6
cisco/sf250-24_firmware < 2.5.0.78
cisco/sf250-24p_firmware < 2.5.0.78
cisco/sf250-48_firmware < 2.5.0.78
cisco/sf250-48hp_firmware < 2.5.0.78
cisco/sf300-08_firmware < 1.4.10.6
... and 40 more
Published May 03, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026