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TI-2023-06808 Aliases CVE-2023-20101GHSA-58fq-3f6f-rpf2

Hard-coded credentials in Cisco Emergency Responder

Priority MEDIUM 54CWE-798Published · 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 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-798.

Summary

A vulnerability in Cisco Emergency Responder could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected device using the root account, which has default, static credentials that cannot be changed or deleted. This vulnerability is due to the presence of static user credentials for the root account that are typically reserved for use during development. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the account to log in to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to log in to the affected system and execute arbitrary commands as the root user.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.02638 85th 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
CiscoCisco Emergency Responder12.5(1)SU4—No fix listedCNA
  • Cisco Emergency Responder VendorCisco Affected 12.5(1)SU4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:emergency_responder:12.5\(1\)su4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*12.5(1)su4VulnerableCisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:emergency_responder:12.5\(1\)su4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.5(1)su4 Vulnerable ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-20101
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-58fq-3f6f-rpf2

References

Advisory 1

  • 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-2005-00319 Multiple TCP implementations with Protection Against Wrapped Sequence Numbers (PAWS) with… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2017-09109 Improper authentication in Cisco Voice Operating System CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2008-01106 The Disaster Recovery Framework (DRF) master server in Cisco Unified Communications… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2004-01636 The default installation of Cisco voice products, when running the IBM Director Agent on… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2017-04533 Resource management flaw in Multiple Cisco Products unknown CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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