CVE-2019-1587
mediumpriority · track · 17EPSS 0.012 · 68 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive information. The vulnerability occurs because the affected software does not properly validate user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing certain commands with filtered query results on the device. This action may cause returned messages to display confidential system information. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read sensitive information on the device.
remediations
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A vendor fix is available.
- FixedCisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)cisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
cvss
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affected products (3)
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advisories (1)
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- cisco-sa-20190501-aci-filter-queryCisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches Application Centric Infrastructure Mode Filter Query Information Disclosure Vulnerability2019-05-01csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive information. The vulnerability occurs because the affected software does not properly validate user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing certain commands with filtered query results on the device. This action may cause returned messages to display confidential system information. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read sensitive information on the device. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190501-aci-filter-query ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190501-aci-filter-query"]
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references (10)
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- http://www.cisco.com/cnnvd
- https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvn09825Patchcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1587cnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190501-aci-filter-querycnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190501-nexus9k-rpecnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Cisco-Nexus-9000-ACI-information-disclosure-via-Filter-Query-29179cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/80070cnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108141cnnvd
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