CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-1664

7.8 HIGH Published 2019-02-21 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-02-21
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-284, CWE-287

Description

A vulnerability in the hxterm service of Cisco HyperFlex Software could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to gain root access to all nodes in the cluster. The vulnerability is due to insufficient authentication controls. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the hxterm service as a non-privileged, local user. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain root access to all member nodes of the HyperFlex cluster. This vulnerability affects Cisco HyperFlex Software Releases prior to 3.5(2a).

Affected configurations

• cisco hyperflex hx data platform 2.6\(1a\) • cisco hyperflex hx data platform 2.6\(1b\) • cisco hyperflex hx data platform 2.6\(1d\) • cisco hyperflex hx data platform 2.6\(1e\) • cisco hyperflex hx data platform 3.0\(1a\) • cisco hyperflex hx data platform 3.0\(1b\) • cisco hyperflex hx data platform 3.0\(1c\) • cisco hyperflex hx data platform 3.0\(1d\) • cisco hyperflex hx data platform 3.0\(1e\) • cisco hyperflex hx data platform 3.0\(1h\) • cisco hyperflex hx data platform 3.0\(1i\) • cisco hyperflex hx data platform 3.5\(1a\)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness
  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness

References