CVE-2019-1664 Cisco HyperFlex Software Unauthenticated Root Access Vulnerability

What is CVE-2019-1664?

CVE-2019-1664 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series, published on 21 Feb 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 hxterm service of Cisco HyperFlex Software could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to gain root access to all nodes in the cluster. The vulnerability is due to insufficient authentication controls. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the hxterm service as a non-privileged, local user. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain root access to all member nodes of the HyperFlex cluster. This vulnerability affects Cisco HyperFlex Software Releases prior to 3.5(2a).

Weakness: CWE-287, CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1664?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Hyperflex Hx Data Platform.

How do I fix CVE-2019-1664?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1664 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2019-1664 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1664 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series

• CVE-2021-1497 Cisco HyperFlex HX Installer Virtual Machine Command Injection Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-1498 Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform Command Injection Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-15380 Cisco HyperFlex Software Command Injection Vulnerability High 8.8
• CVE-2018-15382 Cisco HyperFlex Software Static Signing Key Vulnerability High 8.6
• CVE-2017-12315 Information disclosure in Cisco HyperFlex System Medium 6.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-jjrr-rj68-xhw3.