CVE-2019-1587 Information disclosure in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

An authenticated remote attacker can exploit improper input validation in Cisco Nexus ACI mode to read sensitive system information via filtered query commands.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2019-1587?

CVE-2019-1587 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nx-Os, published on 3 May 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive information. The vulnerability occurs because the affected software does not properly validate user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing certain commands with filtered query results on the device. This action may cause returned messages to display confidential system information. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read sensitive information on the device.

Weakness: CWE-20, CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1587?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Nx-Os.

How do I fix CVE-2019-1587?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1587 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-1587 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1587 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Cisco Nx-Os vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mh5m-6p72-9p94.

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