CVE-2024-20439

Published Sep 4, 2024

Last updated a day ago

Cisco Smart Licensing Utility

Overview

AI description

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CVE-2024-20439 is a vulnerability in the Cisco Smart Licensing Utility. It stems from an undocumented static user credential for an administrative account. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the static credentials to log in to an affected system. Successful exploitation could allow the attacker to log in with administrative privileges over the API of the Cisco Smart Licensing Utility application. Cisco has released software updates to address this vulnerability.

Description: A vulnerability in Cisco Smart Licensing Utility (CSLU) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log into an affected system by using a static administrative credential. This vulnerability is due to an undocumented static user credential for an administrative account. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the static credentials to login to the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to login to the affected system with administrative rights over the CSLU application API.
Source: psirt@cisco.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 9.8
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: CRITICAL

Known exploits

Data from CISA

Vulnerability name: Cisco Smart Licensing Utility Static Credential Vulnerability
Exploit added on: Mar 31, 2025
Exploit action due: Apr 21, 2025
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Weaknesses

psirt@cisco.com: CWE-912
nvd@nist.gov: CWE-798

Hype score is a measure of social media activity compared against trending CVEs from the past 12 months. Max score 100.

Hype score: 4

Configurations

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