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TI-2019-01247 Aliases CVE-2019-1620GHSA-5r5x-3gwj-56vr

Cisco Data Center Network Manager Arbitrary File Upload and Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Priority CRITICAL 90CWE-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
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

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.8378 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Cisco Data Center Network Manager (Cisco): 11.2(1)

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
CiscoCisco Data Center Network Managerbefore 11.2(1)11.2(1)Patch availableCNA
  • Cisco Data Center Network Manager VendorCisco Affected before 11.2(1) Fixed in 11.2(1) Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:data_center_network_manager:11.0\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.0(1)VulnerableCisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:data_center_network_manager:11.0\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0(1) Vulnerable ·Cisco

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

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-1620
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5r5x-3gwj-56vr

References

  • 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
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