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TI-2018-00104 Aliases CVE-2018-0130GHSA-p3xr-xw6j-mjf8

Access control flaw in Cisco Elastic Services Controller

Priority MEDIUM 53CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

A vulnerability in the use of JSON web tokens by the web-based service portal of Cisco Elastic Services Controller Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain administrative access to an affected system. The vulnerability is due to the presence of static default credentials for the web-based service portal of the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by extracting the credentials from an image of the affected software and using those credentials to generate a valid administrative session token for the web-based service portal of any other installation of the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain administrative access to the web-based service portal of an affected system. This vulnerability affects Cisco Elastic Services Controller Software Release 3.0.0. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg30884.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01892 79th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—Cisco Elastic Services ControllerCisco Elastic Services Controller—No fix listedCNA
  • Cisco Elastic Services Controller Vendor— Affected Cisco Elastic Services Controller Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:virtual_managed_services:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0VulnerableCisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:virtual_managed_services:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-0130
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p3xr-xw6j-mjf8

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2018-00096 Improper authentication in Cisco Elastic Services Controller CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8

Sources

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