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Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Access Control Vulnerability (Nexus 9xxx)
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
CISCO
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
9.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
A vulnerability in the role-based access control (RBAC) of the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) could allow an authenticated remote user to make configuration changes outside of their configured access privileges.
Insight
Insight
The vulnerability is due to eligibility logic in the RBAC processing code.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series ACI Mode Switches when running software versions prior to 11.0(3h) and 11.1(1j)
Detection Method
Detection Method
Check the NX OS version.
Solution
Solution
See the vendor advisory for a solution