CVE-2019-1938
CRITICALCisco UCS Director and UCS Director Express for Big Data - Authentication Bypass via Crafted HTTP Requests
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco UCS Director and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary actions with administrator privileges on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper authentication request handling. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow an unprivileged attacker to access and execute arbitrary actions through certain APIs.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190821-ucsd-authbypass
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0457
EPSS Percentile
90.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-287
Status
published
Products (4)
cisco/ucs_director
6.7.0.0
cisco/ucs_director
6.7.1.0
cisco/ucs_director_express_for_big_data
3.7.0.0
cisco/ucs_director_express_for_big_data
3.7.1.0
Published
Aug 21, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026