RCE in Cisco Nx-Os Software

CVE-2019-1735

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments passed to certain CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including malicious input as the argument of an affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with elevated privileges. An attacker would need valid user credentials to exploit this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.005 (41.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-1735?
CVE-2019-1735 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nx-Os Software, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-05-15.
How severe is CVE-2019-1735?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.