Cisco Intersight Device Connector for Nutanix Prism Central Unauthenticated API Access
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-306.
Summary
An improper access control vulnerability exists in the Cisco Intersight Device Connector for Nutanix Prism Central. The service exposes an API passthrough endpoint on TCP port 7373 that is accessible within the network scope of the deployment environment without authentication. An unauthenticated attacker with network access can exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted requests to the exposed endpoint to enumerate cluster metadata, including virtual machine information and cluster configuration details. While the API primarily supports read-only operations, it also allows certain cluster maintenance workflows to be invoked. Although this vulnerability does not allow persistent modification of system configurations or access to credentials or sensitive user data, successful exploitation may result in disruption of active workloads, leading to loss of service availability within the affected environment.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
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 Intersight Device Connector for Prism Central (Nutanix) Fixed in 7.5.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-5944
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g54g-vxvx-gw7j
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile
References
More Nutanix vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-74875 Authentication bypass in Nutanix Prism Element allows admin access CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2024-11337 Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Nutanix Prism Central CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-5944 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-5944 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g54g-vxvx-gw7j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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