TI-2019-01528 Aliases CVE-2019-1907 GHSA-34x5-95ff-w3cg

Cisco Integrated Management Controller Substring Comparison Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

MEDIUM 43CWE-285Published 2019-08-21 · Updated 2024-11-20

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
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-285.

Summary

A vulnerability in the web server of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to set sensitive configuration values and gain elevated privileges. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of substring comparison operations that are performed by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker with read-only privileges to gain administrator privileges.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.01369 72nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed Cisco Unified Computing System (Management Software) (Cisco): 4.0(2f)

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

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

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Cisco	Cisco Unified Computing System (Management Software)	before 4.0(2f)	4.0(2f)	Patch available	CNA

Cisco Unified Computing System (Management Software) VendorCisco Affected before 4.0(2f) Fixed in 4.0(2f) Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 6

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_computing_system:4.0\(1c\)hs3:::::::*	4.0(1c)hs3	Vulnerable	Cisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:integrated_management_controller_supervisor::::::::	before 4.0\(4b\)	Vulnerable	Cisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ucs_c125_m5:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Running on	Cisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ucs_c4200:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Running on	Cisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ucs_s3260:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Running on	Cisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:integrated_management_controller_supervisor::::::::	before 4.0\(2f\)	Vulnerable	Cisco

cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_computing_system:4.0\(1c\)hs3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0(1c)hs3 Vulnerable ·Cisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:integrated_management_controller_supervisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.0\(4b\) Vulnerable ·Cisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ucs_c125_m5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Cisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ucs_c4200:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Cisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ucs_s3260:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Cisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:integrated_management_controller_supervisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.0\(2f\) Vulnerable ·Cisco

Remediation

Fix · CNA Cisco Unified Computing System (Management Software) (Cisco) Fixed in 4.0(2f)

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Release · 2019-08-21
Cisco Unified Computing System (Management Software) 4.0(2f)
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2019-01522 Cisco Integrated Management Controller Unauthenticated Denial of Service VulnerabilityPriority MEDIUM 43
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Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-1907
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-34x5-95ff-w3cg

References

Advisory 1

20190821 Cisco Integrated Management Controller Substring Comparison Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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-2019-01555 Hard-coded credentials in Cisco Unified Computing System Director CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2019-01557 Improper authentication in Cisco Unified Computing System Director CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2019-01556 Improper input validation in Cisco Unified Computing System Director CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
TI-2019-01594 Improper authentication in Cisco Unified Computing System Director CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2019-01487 Cisco Integrated Management Controller Command Injection Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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