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Cisco IOS XE Software Digital Signature Verification Bypass Vulnerability

Published Sep 25, 2019

Description

A vulnerability in the Image Verification feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to install and boot a malicious software image or execute unsigned binaries on an affected device. The vulnerability exists because, under certain circumstances, an affected device can be configured to not verify the digital signatures of system image files during the boot process. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by abusing a specific feature that is part of the device boot process. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to install and boot a malicious software image or execute unsigned binaries on the targeted device.

Affected products

Remediation

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Weaknesses (1)

References (2)

Change history (0)

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Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED
Assigner cisco
Published Sep 25, 2019
Updated Nov 20, 2024
Reserved Jun 4, 2019

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated Nov 20, 2024

NVD

Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026

Red Hat

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ENISA EUVD

Assigner cisco
Published Sep 25, 2019
Updated Nov 20, 2024

GitHub

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