CVE-2021-40119

Katalog CVE

CVSS 9.8 · Critical EPSS 2,5%

Kerentanan Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key pada cisco policy suite. Skor CVSS 3.1 9.8 (Critical) menurut NVD.

Deskripsi (NVD)

A vulnerability in the key-based SSH authentication mechanism of Cisco Policy Suite could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected system as the root user. This vulnerability is due to the re-use of static SSH keys across installations. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by extracting a key from a system under their control. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to log in to an affected system as the root user.

Rincian

Terbit di NVD

4 November 2021

Terakhir diubah

17 Juni 2026

Status NVD

Modified

CVSS 3.1

9.8 (Critical), sumber NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · uraikan di kalkulator

Jenis kelemahan (CWE)

CWE-321: Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials

EPSS (30 hari)

2,5% peluang dieksploitasi; lebih tinggi dari 84,2% CVE lain

Produk dan versi terdampak

> Data dari konfigurasi CPE di NVD.

Referensi dan perbaikan

• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cps-static-key-JmS92hNv advisory vendor