Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches Application Centric Infrastructure Mode Insecure Fabric Authentication Vulnerability
Published May 3, 2019
8.1
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.99%
Description
A vulnerability in the Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificate validation functionality of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Mode Switch Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform insecure TLS client authentication on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient TLS client certificate validations for certificates sent between the various components of an ACI fabric. An attacker who has possession of a certificate that is trusted by the Cisco Manufacturing CA and the corresponding private key could exploit this vulnerability by presenting a valid certificate while attempting to connect to the targeted device. An exploit could allow the attacker to gain full control of all other components within the ACI fabric of an affected device.
Affected products
- Vendor Cisco Product Cisco NX-OS Software for Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches ACI Mode Defaultn/a
- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<14.1(1i)
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| Cisco | Cisco NX-OS Software for Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches ACI Mode | n/a |
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
TotalDecision
n/aAssessed Nov 20, 2024 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.99% (0.00989) | 61.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.99% (0.00989) | 60.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.22% (0.00225) | 61.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.22% (0.00225) | 60.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.22% (0.00225) | 58.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 52.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 48.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 9.03% (0.09029) | 86.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 2.30% (0.02304) | 53.71th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 2.30% (0.02304) | 53.25th | v1 |
| Jan 5, 2022 | 0.52% (0.00523) | 33.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.52% (0.00523) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (1)
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190501-aci-insecure-fabric vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
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| https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190501-aci-insecure-fabric | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory |
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