Improper access control in Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance - CVE-2021-1601
Published: July 22, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU55233
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1601
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient restrictions for IPv6 packets that are received on the external management interface. A remote attacker on the local network can access sensitive internal services and make configuration changes on the affected device.
Affected software
Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance
How to mitigate CVE-2021-1601
Install updates from vendor's website.
Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance - update to 1.0.9 292