CVE-2021-34746

CRITICAL

Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software < 4.6.1 - Authentication Bypass via TACACS+ Input Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the TACACS+ authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) feature of Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and log in to an affected device as an administrator. This vulnerability is due to incomplete validation of user-supplied input that is passed to an authentication script. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting parameters into an authentication request. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass authentication and log in as an administrator to the affected device.

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0762
EPSS Percentile 92.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/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-289 CWE-287
Status published
Products (1)
cisco/enterprise_nfv_infrastructure_software < 4.6.1
Published Sep 02, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026