CVE-2019-1835
lowpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.008 · 55 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Aironet Access Points (APs) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to access sensitive information stored in an AP. The vulnerability is due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input in specific CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by accessing the CLI of an affected AP with administrator privileges and issuing crafted commands that result in directory traversal. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view system files on the affected device, which could contain sensitive information. Software versions 8.8 and 8.9 are affected.
remediations
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A vendor fix is available.
- FixedCisco Aironet Access Point Softwarecisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–4.4
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (15)
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- cisco aironet access point firmware= 8.8nvdUScpe:2.3:o:cisco:aironet_access_point_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cisco aironet access point firmware= 8.9nvdUScpe:2.3:o:cisco:aironet_access_point_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- cisco-sa-20190417-air-ap-traversalCisco Aironet Series Access Points Directory Traversal Vulnerability2019-04-17csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Aironet Access Points (APs) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to access sensitive information stored in an AP. The vulnerability is due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input in specific CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by accessing the CLI of an affected AP with administrator privileges and issuing crafted commands that result in directory traversal. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view system files on the affected device, which could contain sensitive information. 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-20190417-air-ap-traversal ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190417-air-ap-traversal"]
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sources
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references (14)
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- http://www.cisco.com/cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108001cnnvd
- https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvk79392Patchcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1835cnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190417-air-ap-cmdinjcnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190417-air-ap-traversalcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Cisco-Aironet-directory-traversal-via-CLI-Commands-29079cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/79278cnnvd
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