CVE-2021-1382

Medium

Description

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

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.0
Exploit probability—
ProductCisco Ios Xe
PublishedMar 24, 2021
First seenMar 24, 2021

How to fix

Update
  • cisco ios_xe17.3.3, 17.5.1a, 17.6.1a or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
cisco ios_xev < 17.3.3, 17.4.1 ≤ v ≤ 17.4.2, 17.5.0 ≤ v < 17.5.1a, 17.6.0 ≤ v < 17.6.1a17.3.3, 17.5.1a, 17.6.1a

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