CVE-2021-40126 Cisco Umbrella Email Enumeration Vulnerability

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

An authenticated attacker can enumerate user email addresses via descriptive error messages in the Cisco Umbrella dashboard.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-40126?

CVE-2021-40126 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Umbrella Insights Virtual Appliance, published on 4 Nov 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the web-based dashboard of Cisco Umbrella could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform an email enumeration attack against the Umbrella infrastructure. This vulnerability is due to an overly descriptive error message on the dashboard that appears when a user attempts to modify their email address when the new address already exists in the system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by attempting to modify the user's email address. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to enumerate email addresses of users in the system.

Weakness: CWE-209, CWE-210

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-40126?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Umbrella.

How do I fix CVE-2021-40126?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-40126 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-40126 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-40126 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qh32-c3pp-x33g.

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