CVE-2019-12700

mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.019 · 79 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.88% (79th) EPSS
CVSS 6.8 · medium
Is it mine?
133 products
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Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cisco_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability in the configuration of the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) used in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software, Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software, and Cisco FXOS Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper resource management in the context of user session management. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to an affected system and performing many simultaneous successful Secure Shell (SSH) logins. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust system resources and cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker needs valid user credentials on the system.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.7
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6–7.7

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 6.9
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6
v3.07.7highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.07.7highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · psirt@cisco.com USexploitability 3.1 · impact 4
v3.07.7highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · Cisco PSIRT US
v3.17.7highAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-400USCWE-400US
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affected products (133)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

showing 20 of 133
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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • cisco-sa-20191002-ftd-fpmc-dosCisco FTD, FMC, and FXOS Software Pluggable Authentication Module Denial of Service Vulnerability2019-10-02csaf · cisco_csafUS

    A vulnerability in the configuration of the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) used in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software, Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software, and Cisco FXOS Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper resource management in the context of user session management. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to an affected system and performing many simultaneous successful Secure Shell (SSH) logins. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust system resources and cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker needs valid user credentials on the system. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducisco_csafNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2019-10-02modified 2026-08-11
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references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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