What is CVE-2021-1584?

CVE-2021-1584 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nx-Os System Software In Aci Mode, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2021-08-25.

How severe is CVE-2021-1584?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.

RCE in Cisco Nx-Os System Software In Aci Mode

CVE-2021-1584

A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions during the execution of a specific CLI command. An attacker with administrative privileges could exploit this vulnerability by performing a command injection attack on the vulnerable command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access the underlying operating system as root.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.004 (37.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-1584?: CVE-2021-1584 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nx-Os System Software In Aci Mode, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2021-08-25.
How severe is CVE-2021-1584?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.