CVE-2019-1804

Critical

Description

A vulnerability in the SSH key management for the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Mode Switch Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to connect to the affected system with the privileges of the root user. The vulnerability is due to the presence of a default SSH key pair that is present in all devices. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by opening an SSH connection via IPv6 to a targeted device using the extracted key materials. An exploit could allow the attacker to access the system with the privileges of the root user. This vulnerability is only exploitable over IPv6; IPv4 is not vulnerable.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductCisco Nexus 9332pq Firmware
PublishedMay 3, 2019
First seenMay 3, 2019
Weakness typeCWE-310CWE-310

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
cisco nexus_9332pq_firmware14.0\(3d\)—
cisco nexus_93180yc-ex_firmware14.0\(3d\)—
cisco nexus_93128tx_firmware14.0\(3d\)—
cisco nexus_93120tx_firmware14.0\(3d\)—
cisco nexus_93108tc-ex_firmware14.0\(3d\)—
cisco nexus_9516_firmware14.0\(3d\)—
cisco nexus_9508_firmware14.0\(3d\)—
cisco nexus_9504_firmware14.0\(3d\)—
cisco nexus_9500_firmware14.0\(3d\)—
cisco nexus_9396tx_firmware14.0\(3d\)—
cisco nexus_9396px_firmware14.0\(3d\)—
cisco nexus_9372tx_firmware14.0\(3d\)—
cisco nexus_9372px_firmware14.0\(3d\)—

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