Auth bypass in Cisco Identity Services Engine
CVE-2017-6747
A vulnerability in the authentication module of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass local authentication. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of authentication requests and policy assignment for externally authenticated users. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating with a valid external user account that matches an internal username and incorrectly receiving the authorization policy of the internal account. An exploit could allow the attacker to have Super Admin privileges for the ISE Admin portal. This vulnerability does not affect endpoints authenticating to the ISE. The vulnerability affects Cisco ISE, Cisco ISE Express, and Cisco ISE Virtual Appliance running Release 1.3, 1.4, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, or 2.1.0. Release 2.2.x is not affected. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvb10995.
Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication
EPSS: 0.055 (92.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Cisco Identity_services_engine — versions 1.4(0.908), 2.0(0.147), 2.0(0.169)
- N/a Cisco Identity Services Engine — versions Cisco Identity Services Engine
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- psirt@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-6747?
- CVE-2017-6747 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cisco Identity Services Engine, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-08-07.
- How severe is CVE-2017-6747?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.