What is CVE-2019-1728?

CVE-2019-1728 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nx-os Software, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2019-05-15.

How severe is CVE-2019-1728?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cisco Nx-os Software

CVE-2019-1728

A vulnerability in the Secure Configuration Validation functionality of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to run arbitrary commands at system boot time with the privileges of root. Th…

EPSS: 0.003 (16.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-347 — Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

References

psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@cisco.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-1728?: CVE-2019-1728 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nx-os Software, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2019-05-15.
How severe is CVE-2019-1728?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.