Cisco DNA Spaces: Connector Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass, Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264 and CWE-78.
Summary
A vulnerability in Cisco DNA Spaces: Connector could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. The vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions during the execution of an affected CLI command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by leveraging the insufficient restrictions to modify sensitive files. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Cisco DNA Spaces n/a
3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2019-12036 Cisco DNA Spaces: Connector Command Injection VulnerabilityPriority LOW 33
- TI-2019-12034 Cisco DNA Spaces: Connector SQL Injection VulnerabilityPriority LOW 31
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-15996
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4gg2-9pqf-2qqx
References
More Cisco Dna Spaces 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-2020-03126 Cisco DNA Spaces Connector Command Injection Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-01284 Cisco DNA Spaces Connector Command Injection Vulnerabilities CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2021-01283 Cisco DNA Spaces Connector Command Injection Vulnerabilities CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2019-12036 Cisco DNA Spaces: Connector Command Injection Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.7
- TI-2021-01282 Cisco DNA Spaces Connector Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.7
Sources
- CVE-2019-15996 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-15996 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4gg2-9pqf-2qqx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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