Cisco Integrated Management Controller CLI Command Injection Vulnerability

published 2019-06-20 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-10436

cvss: 6.4; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject arbitrary commands that are executed with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input at the CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating with the administrator password via the CLI of an affected device and submitting crafted input to the affected commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the device with root privileges.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 23 mo ago (2024-11-20)

Exploit prediction

0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	6.4	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.0	6.7	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Cisco Cisco Unified Computing System (Management Software)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190619-cimc-cli-cmdinj
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/108850
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-1879
NVD CVE-2019-1879

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Summary