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CVE-2021-40119

Cisco Policy Suite Static SSH Keys Vulnerability

Severity Score

9.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Attend
*SSVC
Descriptions

A vulnerability in the key-based SSH authentication mechanism of Cisco Policy Suite could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected system as the root user. This vulnerability is due to the re-use of static SSH keys across installations. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by extracting a key from a system under their control. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to log in to an affected system as the root user.

Una vulnerabilidad en el mecanismo de autenticación SSH basado en claves de Cisco Policy Suite podría permitir a un atacante remoto no autenticado iniciar sesión en un sistema afectado como usuario root. Esta vulnerabilidad es debido a la reutilización de claves SSH estáticas entre instalaciones. Un atacante podría explotar esta vulnerabilidad al extraer una clave de un sistema bajo su control. Una explotación con éxito podría permitir al atacante iniciar sesión en un sistema afectado como usuario root

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Attend
Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Tech. Impact
Total
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2021-08-25 CVE Reserved
  • 2021-11-04 CVE Published
  • 2024-07-19 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-11-07 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-321: Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
  • CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Cisco
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Policy Suite
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< 21.1.0
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Affected