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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.8 Critical

CVE-2021-40119

Cisco Policy Suite Static SSH Keys Vulnerability

Description

A vulnerability in the key-based SSH authentication mechanism of Cisco Policy Suite could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected system as the root user. This vulnerability is due to the re-use of static SSH keys across installations. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by extracting a key from a system under their control. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to log in to an affected system as the root user.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Cisco Cisco Policy Suite (CPS) Software

  • n/aaffected

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