CVE-2019-1971 Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software Command Injection Vulnerability

High 8.1 Published 8 Aug 2019 Updated 20 Nov 2024

Unauthenticated remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via malicious input in the Cisco NFVIS web portal.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2019-1971?

CVE-2019-1971 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software, published on 8 Aug 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the web portal of Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform a command injection attack and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the web portal framework. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing malicious input during web portal authentication. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system.

Weakness: CWE-20, CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1971?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Enterprise Nfv Infrastructure Software.

How do I fix CVE-2019-1971?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1971 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-2019-1971 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1971 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9fqx-8qp3-fpv5.