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TI-2015-03554 Aliases CVE-2015-4235GHSA-vvgq-gww9-5ghc

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) devices with software before…

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) devices with software before 1.0(3o) and 1.1 before 1.1(1j) and Nexus 9000 ACI devices with software before 11.0(4o) and 11.1 before 11.1(1j) do not properly restrict access to the APIC filesystem, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain root privileges via unspecified use of the APIC cluster-management configuration feature, aka Bug IDs CSCuu72094 and CSCuv11991.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0223 82nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 12

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller_\(apic\):1.0\(1e\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0(1e)VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.0\(1b\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.0(1b)VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.0\(1c\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.0(1c)VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.0\(1d\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.0(1d)VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.0\(1e\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.0(1e)VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.0\(2j\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.0(2j)VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.0\(2m\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.0(2m)VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.0\(3f\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.0(3f)VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.0\(3i\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.0(3i)VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.0\(3k\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.0(3k)VulnerableCisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller_\(apic\):1.0\(1e\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0(1e) Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.0\(1b\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0(1b) Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.0\(1c\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0(1c) Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.0\(1d\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0(1d) Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.0\(1e\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0(1e) Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.0\(2j\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0(2j) Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.0\(2m\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0(2m) Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.0\(3f\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0(3f) Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.0\(3i\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0(3i) Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.0\(3k\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0(3k) Vulnerable ·Cisco
Show 2 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.0\(3n\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.0(3n)VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.0\(4h\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.0(4h)VulnerableCisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.0\(3n\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0(3n) Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:11.0\(4h\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0(4h) Vulnerable ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-4235
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vvgq-gww9-5ghc

References

Advisory 1

Sources

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