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high 7.2

CVE-2018-0440 json

Cisco Data Center Network Manager Privilege Escalation to Underlying Operating System Vulnerability

published 2018-10-05 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-1263

cvss
7.2
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Data Center Network Manager could allow an authenticated application administrator to execute commands on the underlying operating system with root-level privileges. The vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation of user input within an HTTP request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the application and then sending a crafted HTTP request to the targeted application. A successful exploit could allow the authenticated attacker to issue commands on the underlying operating system as the root user.

Patch / fix

  • cisco data_center_network_manager 11.0\(1\)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
23 mo ago

Exploit prediction

2.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Cisco Cisco Data Center Network Manager

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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