Use of hardcoded credentials in Cisco Network Assurance - CVE-2019-1688
Published: February 12, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17553
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1688
CWE-ID: CWE-798
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Network Assurance
Cisco Network Assurance
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local unauthenticated attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information or cause DoS condition.
The vulnerability exists in the management web interface of Cisco Network Assurance Engine (NAE) due to a fault in the password management system of NAE. A local attacker can authenticate with the default administrator password via the CLI to view potentially sensitive information or bring the server down, causing a DoS condition.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-1688
Update to version 3.0(1a).