CVE-2019-1780

highpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.004 · 39 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.45% (39th) EPSS
CVSS 7.2 · high
Is it mine?
115 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 CLI of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrator credentials to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device with elevated privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments passed to certain CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including malicious input as the argument of an affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with elevated privileges. An attacker would need valid administrator credentials to exploit this vulnerability. NX-OS versions prior to 8.3(1) are affected. NX-OS versions prior to 8.3(1) are affected.

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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.

7.2
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.2–7.2

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10
v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.9
v3.04.2mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.04.2mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · psirt@cisco.com USexploitability 0.8 · impact 3.4
v3.04.2mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · Cisco PSIRT US
v3.14.2mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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-88USprimaryCWE-77USCWE-77US
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affected products (115)

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advisories (1)

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  • cisco-sa-20190515-nxos-fxos-cmdinj-1780Cisco FXOS and NX-OS Software Command Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2019-1780)2019-05-15csaf · cisco_csafUS

    A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrator credentials to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device with elevated privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments passed to certain CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including malicious input as the argument of an affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with elevated privileges. An attacker would need valid administrator credentials to exploit this vulnerability. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. 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-20190515-nxos-fxos-cmdinj-1780 ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190515-nxos-fxos-cmdinj-1780"]

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also known as (4)

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducisco_csafNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2019-05-16modified 2026-06-17
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references (20)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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