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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2021-1580 json

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Command Injection and File Upload Vulnerabilities

published 2021-08-25 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-7047

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities in the web UI and API endpoints of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) or Cisco Cloud APIC could allow a remote attacker to perform a command injection or file upload attack on an affected system. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.

Patch / fix

  • cisco application_policy_infrastructure_controller 3.2\(10e\), 4.2\(6h\), 5.1\(3e\)
  • cisco cloud_application_policy_infrastructure_controller 3.2\(10e\), 4.2\(6h\), 5.1\(3e\)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/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 Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-284 Improper Access Control
  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.