CVE-2019-1938 CRITICAL

CVE-2019-1938: Cisco UCS Director and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data API Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Unified Computing System Director
Weakness CWE-287 · Improper authentication
Published August 21, 2019
Last update November 19, 2024

CVSS base score

9.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco UCS Director and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary actions with administrator privileges on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper authentication request handling. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow an unprivileged attacker to access and execute arbitrary actions through certain APIs.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 21, 2019 CVE published
November 19, 2024 Record updated