{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2024-20439 in the wild since at least 31 Mar 2025.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20439 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 21 Apr 2025.","what":"CVE-2024-20439 is a critical vulnerability in Cisco Smart License Utility, published on 4 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2024-20439 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2024-20439 is a critical vulnerability in Cisco Smart License Utility, published on 4 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2024-20439 in the wild since at least 31 Mar 2025.\n\nAffected product: Cisco Smart License Utility. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20439/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20439/index.md)","id":"CVE-2024-20439","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20439/index.md","name":"CVE-2024-20439","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-mcxm-8hr3-frmx"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Cisco Smart Licensing Utility","requires_auth":"none","summary":"An unauthenticated remote attacker can log in with administrative rights using static credentials, compromising the Cisco Smart Licensing Utility.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"hardcoded_credentials"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"cisco","cpe":[{"product":"smart_license_utility","vendor":"cisco"}],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-798","name":"Use of Hard-coded Credentials"},{"id":"CWE-912","name":"Hidden Functionality"}],"description":"A vulnerability in Cisco Smart Licensing Utility (CSLU) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log into an affected system by using a static administrative credential.\r\n\r This vulnerability is due to an undocumented static user credential for an administrative account. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the static credentials to login to the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to login to the affected system with administrative rights over the CSLU application API.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":1,"refs":[{"date":null,"kind":"nuclei","ref":"http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-20439.yaml","stars":null,"title":"Hardcoded Admin Credentials For Cisco Smart Licensing Utility API"}],"tier":"exploited"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Cisco Smart Licensing Utility Static Credential","id":"CVE-2024-20439","indexable":true,"kev":{"dateAdded":"2025-03-31","dueDate":"2025-04-21","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","product":"Smart Licensing Utility","requiredAction":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.","vendorProject":"Cisco","vulnerabilityName":"Cisco Smart Licensing Utility Static Credential Vulnerability"},"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"hardcoded_credentials","year":"2024"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Information disclosure in Cisco Smart License Utility","id":"CVE-2024-20440"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller Unauthorized REST API Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-20438"},"products":["Cisco Smart License Utility"],"published":"2024-09-04","related":[{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Information disclosure in Cisco Smart License Utility","id":"CVE-2024-20440","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-09-04"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0 1.0","name":"CISA KEV"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"MIT","name":"Nuclei templates"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"active","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-10-21","vendors":["Cisco"]},"summary":"An unauthenticated remote attacker can log in with administrative rights using static credentials, compromising the Cisco Smart Licensing Utility.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20439/"}