CVE-2019-1804 Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches Application Centric Infrastructure Mode Default SSH Key Vulnerability

2019-05-0100:00:00

CWE-310

cisco

www.cve.org

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

9.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.003 Low

EPSS

Percentile

71.7%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

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  {
    "product": "Cisco NX-OS Software for Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches ACI Mode 11.0.1b",
    "vendor": "Cisco",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "n/a",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]