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CVE-2019-1588 Details

Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches running in Application-Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode could allow an authenticated, local attacker to read arbitrary files on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper input and validation checking mechanisms of user-supplied input sent to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker unauthorized access to read arbitrary files on an affected device. This vulnerability has been fixed in version 14.0(1h).

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:4.4 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:4.4 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190306-aci-file-read	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107316	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190306-aci-file-read	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107316	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-269	Improper Privilege Management	[email protected]
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
cisco nx-os	< 14.0\(1h\)
CPE cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
cisco nexus 9000	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9000:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 19, 2020	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 9, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 14, 2019	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Mar 9, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 7, 2019	Initial Analysis	[email protected]