CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-1228

6.5 MEDIUM Published 2021-02-24 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-02-24
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
3.3 LOW — AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-284

Description

A vulnerability in the fabric infrastructure VLAN connection establishment of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Mode could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to bypass security validations and connect an unauthorized server to the infrastructure VLAN. This vulnerability is due to insufficient security requirements during the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) setup phase of the infrastructure VLAN. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted LLDP packet on the adjacent subnet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to connect an unauthorized server to the infrastructure VLAN, which is highly privileged. With a connection to the infrastructure VLAN, the attacker can make unauthorized connections to Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) services or join other host endpoints.

Affected configurations

• cisco nx-os 11.0\(1b\) • cisco nx-os 11.0\(1c\) • cisco nx-os 11.0\(1d\) • cisco nx-os 11.0\(1e\) • cisco nx-os 11.0\(2j\) • cisco nx-os 11.0\(2m\) • cisco nx-os 11.0\(3f\) • cisco nx-os 11.0\(3i\) • cisco nx-os 11.0\(3k\) • cisco nx-os 11.0\(3n\) • cisco nx-os 11.0\(3o\) • cisco nx-os 11.0\(4g\) • cisco nx-os 11.0\(4h\) • cisco nx-os 11.0\(4o\) • cisco nx-os 11.0\(4q\) • cisco nx-os 11.1\(1j\) • cisco nx-os 11.1\(1o\) • cisco nx-os 11.1\(1r\) • cisco nx-os 11.1\(1s\) • cisco nx-os 11.1\(2h\) • cisco nx-os 11.1\(2i\) • cisco nx-os 11.1\(3f\) • cisco nx-os 11.1\(4e\) • cisco nx-os 11.1\(4f\) • cisco nx-os 11.1\(4g\) • cisco nx-os 11.1\(4i\) • cisco nx-os 11.1\(4l\) • cisco nx-os 11.1\(4m\) • cisco nx-os 11.2\(1i\) • cisco nx-os 11.2\(1k\) • cisco nx-os 11.2\(1m\) • cisco nx-os 11.2\(2g\) • cisco nx-os 11.2\(2h\) • cisco nx-os 11.2\(2i\) • cisco nx-os 11.2\(2j\) • cisco nx-os 11.2\(3c\) • cisco nx-os 11.2\(3e\) • cisco nx-os 11.2\(3h\) • cisco nx-os 11.2\(3m\) • cisco nx-os 11.3\(1g\) • cisco nx-os 11.3\(1h\) • cisco nx-os 11.3\(1i\) • cisco nx-os 11.3\(1j\) • cisco nx-os 11.3\(2f\) • cisco nx-os 11.3\(2h\) • cisco nx-os 11.3\(2i\) • cisco nx-os 11.3\(2j\) • cisco nx-os 11.3\(2k\) • cisco nx-os 12.0\(1m\) • cisco nx-os 12.0\(1n\) • cisco nx-os 12.0\(1o\) • cisco nx-os 12.0\(1p\) • cisco nx-os 12.0\(1q\) • cisco nx-os 12.0\(1r\) • cisco nx-os 12.0\(2f\) • cisco nx-os 12.0\(2g\) • cisco nx-os 12.0\(2h\) • cisco nx-os 12.0\(2l\) • cisco nx-os 12.0\(2m\) • cisco nx-os 12.0\(2n\) … and 102 more

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness

References