CVE-2021-1529

HIGH

Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN - Authenticated OS Command Injection via System CLI

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the system CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to an affected device and submitting crafted input to the system CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 14.7%
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 total

Details

CWE
CWE-78
Status published
Products (3)
cisco/ios_xe 17.6.0
cisco/ios_xe 16.12 - 17.0
cisco/ios_xe_sd-wan 17.2.1r
Published Oct 21, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026