CVE-2019-1666 Cisco HyperFlex Unauthenticated Statistics Retrieval Vulnerability

What is CVE-2019-1666?

CVE-2019-1666 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series, published on 21 Feb 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the Graphite service of Cisco HyperFlex software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to retrieve data from the Graphite service. The vulnerability is due to insufficient authentication controls. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted requests to the Graphite service. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to retrieve any statistics from the Graphite service. Versions prior to 3.5(2a) are affected.

Weakness: CWE-287, CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1666?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Hyperflex Hx Data Platform.

How do I fix CVE-2019-1666?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1666 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2019-1666 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1666 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-2019-1664 Cisco HyperFlex Software Unauthenticated Root Access Vulnerability High 8.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-268p-g9gf-2gh5.