Description
A vulnerability in an API endpoint of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) and Cisco Cloud Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (Cloud APIC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges to Administrator on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to an improper policy default setting. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a non-privileged credential for Cisco ACI Multi-Site Orchestrator (MSO) to send a specific API request to a managed Cisco APIC or Cloud APIC device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain Administrator credentials on the affected device.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-capic-pesc-pkmGK4J
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0105
EPSS Percentile
77.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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-755
CWE-636
Status
published
Products (4)
cisco/application_policy_infrastructure_controller
5.0\(2h\)
cisco/application_policy_infrastructure_controller
5.0 - 5.1\(3e\)
cisco/cloud_application_policy_infrastructure_controller
5.0\(2h\)
cisco/cloud_application_policy_infrastructure_controller
5.0 - 5.1\(3e\)
Published
Aug 25, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026