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TI-2015-05285 Aliases CVE-2015-6298GHSA-hrmr-gjhm-hc4x

The admin web interface in Cisco AsyncOS 8.x before 8.0.8-113, 8.1.x and 8.5.x before…

Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-78Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
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-78.

Summary

The admin web interface in Cisco AsyncOS 8.x before 8.0.8-113, 8.1.x and 8.5.x before 8.5.3-051, 8.6.x and 8.7.x before 8.7.0-171-LD, and 8.8.x before 8.8.0-085 on Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices allows remote authenticated users to obtain root privileges via crafted certificate-generation arguments, aka Bug ID CSCus83445.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01657 76th 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 · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:8.5.0-497:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.5.0-497VulnerableCisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:8.5.0-497:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.5.0-497 Vulnerable ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-6298
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hrmr-gjhm-hc4x

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2023-06741 Buffer overflow in Cisco Secure Web Appliance CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-00369 Uncontrolled resource consumption in Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Web Security… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2019-01508 Cisco Web Security Appliance HTTPS Certificate Denial of Service Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2018-00312 A vulnerability in traffic-monitoring functions in Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA)… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-01086 Cisco Web Security Appliance Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2019-11999 Cisco Web Security Appliance Unauthorized Device Reset Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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