Command Injection in Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (formerly SD-WAN vManage) and Cisco SD-WAN - CVE-2021-1298
Published: January 21, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU49896
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1298
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the vAnalytics feature. A remote authenticated attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
Affected software
Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (formerly SD-WAN vManage)
Cisco SD-WAN
Cisco SD-WAN
How to mitigate CVE-2021-1298
Install updates from vendor's website.
Cisco SD-WAN - addressed in versions 20.1.2, 20.3.2, 20.4.1