CVE-2021-40119criticalCWE-321

CVE-2021-40119: critical vulnerability in Cisco Policy Suite (CPS) Software

Cisco Policy Suite Static SSH Keys Vulnerability

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28Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 9.8epss 2.5%
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Cisco · Cisco Policy Suite (CPS) Software
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