CVE-2019-1610 Cisco NX-OS Software CLI Command Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2019-1610)

Medium 4.2 Published Updated

Authenticated local attackers can execute arbitrary OS commands with elevated privileges via CLI argument injection on Cisco Nexus switches.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2019-1610?

CVE-2019-1610 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Nx-Os, published on 11 Mar 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments passed to certain CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including malicious input as the argument of an affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with elevated privileges. An attacker would need valid administrator credentials to exploit this vulnerability. Nexus 3500 Platform Switches and Nexus 3000 Series Switches software versions prior to 7.0(3)I7(4) are affected.

Weakness: CWE-88, CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1610?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Nx-Os.

How do I fix CVE-2019-1610?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1610 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2019-1610 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1610 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-pm3x-xvhv-p7fp.

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