Cisco Data Center Network Manager Arbitrary File Upload and Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.
Summary
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to upload arbitrary files on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to incorrect permission settings in affected DCNM software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading specially crafted data to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to write arbitrary files on the filesystem and execute code with root privileges on the affected device.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Cisco Data Center Network Manager (Cisco) Fixed in 11.2(1)
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Cisco Data Center Network Manager 11.2(1)
3 records Highest priority Priority CRITICAL 1 CRITICAL, 1 HIGH, 1 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2019-01249 Cisco Data Center Network Manager Information Disclosure VulnerabilityPriority HIGH 70
- TI-2019-01248 Cisco Data Center Network Manager Arbitrary File Download VulnerabilityPriority MEDIUM 62
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-1620
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5r5x-3gwj-56vr
References
Advisory 5
- 20190626 Cisco Data Center Network Manager Arbitrary File Upload and Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- 20190708 Cisco Data Center Manager multiple vulns; RCE as root
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153546/Cisco-Data-Center-Network-Manager-11.1-1-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- 20190709 Cisco Data Center Manager multiple vulns; RCE as root
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154304/Cisco-Data-Center-Network-Manager-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
More Cisco Data Center Network Manager vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-19919 Apache Log4j2 JNDI features do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2019-12015 Cisco Data Center Network Manager Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-12016 Cisco Data Center Network Manager Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-01246 Cisco Data Center Network Manager Authentication Bypass Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-01249 Cisco Data Center Network Manager Information Disclosure Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2019-1620 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-1620 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5r5x-3gwj-56vr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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