CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-1589

Plaintext Storage of a Password

Published: Sep 23, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
3.5 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability in the disaster recovery feature of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to user credentials. This vulnerability exists because access to API endpoints is not properly restricted. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a request to an API endpoint. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain unauthorized access to administrative credentials that could be used in further attacks.

Weakness

Storing a password in plaintext may result in a system compromise.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Sd-wan Cisco 20.3 (including) 20.3.4 (excluding)
Sd-wan Cisco 20.4 (including) 20.4.2 (excluding)
Sd-wan Cisco 20.5 (including) 20.5.2 (excluding)
Sd-wan Cisco 20.6 (including) 20.6.1 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References