CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-1453

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2021-03-24 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-03-24
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/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-347

Description

A vulnerability in the software image verification functionality of Cisco IOS XE Software for the Cisco Catalyst 9000 Family of switches could allow an unauthenticated, physical attacker to execute unsigned code at system boot time. The vulnerability is due to an improper check in the code function that manages the verification of the digital signatures of system image files during the initial boot process. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by loading unsigned software on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to boot a malicious software image or execute unsigned code and bypass the image verification check part of the secure boot process of an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to have unauthenticated physical access to the device or obtain privileged access to the root shell on the device.

Affected configurations

• cisco ios xe 3.15.1xbs • cisco ios xe 3.15.2xbs • cisco ios xe 16.6.1 • cisco ios xe 16.6.2 • cisco ios xe 16.6.3 • cisco ios xe 16.6.4 • cisco ios xe 16.6.4a • cisco ios xe 16.6.4s • cisco ios xe 16.6.5 • cisco ios xe 16.6.6 • cisco ios xe 16.6.7 • cisco ios xe 16.6.8 • cisco ios xe 16.7.1 • cisco ios xe 16.8.1 • cisco ios xe 16.8.1a • cisco ios xe 16.8.1s • cisco ios xe 16.9.1 • cisco ios xe 16.9.1s • cisco ios xe 16.9.2 • cisco ios xe 16.9.2s • cisco ios xe 16.9.3 • cisco ios xe 16.9.3s • cisco ios xe 16.9.4 • cisco ios xe 16.9.5 • cisco ios xe 16.9.6 • cisco ios xe 16.10.1 • cisco ios xe 16.10.1e • cisco ios xe 16.10.1s • cisco ios xe 16.11.1 • cisco ios xe 16.11.1b • cisco ios xe 16.11.1c • cisco ios xe 16.11.1s • cisco ios xe 16.11.2 • cisco ios xe 16.12.1 • cisco ios xe 16.12.1c • cisco ios xe 16.12.1s • cisco ios xe 16.12.2 • cisco ios xe 16.12.2s • cisco ios xe 16.12.2t • cisco ios xe 16.12.3 • cisco ios xe 16.12.3a • cisco ios xe 16.12.3s • cisco ios xe 16.12.4 • cisco ios xe 16.12.4a • cisco ios xe 17.1.1 • cisco ios xe 17.1.1s • cisco ios xe 17.1.1t • cisco ios xe 17.1.2 • cisco ios xe 17.2.1 • cisco ios xe 17.2.1a • cisco ios xe 17.2.3 • cisco ios xe 17.3.1 • cisco ios xe 17.3.2 • cisco ios xe 17.3.2a • cisco ios xe 17.4.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature weakness

References