CVE-2019-1768 Cisco NX-OS Software Buffer Overflow and Command Injection Vulnerability
Authenticated local attackers with admin credentials can execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via command injection in a CLI command.
- 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-2019-1768?
CVE-2019-1768 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Nx-Os, published on 16 May 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 implementation of a specific CLI command for Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrator credentials to cause a buffer overflow condition or perform command injection. This could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments passed to a certain CLI command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including malicious input as the argument of the affected CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges. An attacker would need valid administrator credentials to exploit these vulnerabilities.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1768?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Nx-Os.
How do I fix CVE-2019-1768?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1768 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-2019-1768 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1768 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Nx-Os
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3rvc-cvrv-gprh.