CVE-2019-1974
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 4.5% (pctl 91)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor, Cisco UCS Director, and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass user authentication and gain access as an administrative user. The vulnerability is due to insufficient request header validation during the authentication process. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a series of malicious requests to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to gain full administrative access to the affected device.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 4.49% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-287 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2019-08-21 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| cisco | integrated management controller supervisor |
| cisco | ucs director |
| cisco | ucs director express for big data |
References
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