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
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190501-scbv
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