Risk Letters

Exploited vulnerability

CVE-2021-1498

TLP:CLEAR

Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform Command Injection Vulnerability

Cisco HyperFlex HX Installer Virtual Machine contains an insufficient input validation vulnerability which could allow an attacker to execute commands on an affected device as the tomcat8 user.

Facts

  • Vendor: Cisco
  • Product: HyperFlex HX
  • CVSS: 9.8
  • EPSS (probability of exploitation within 30 days): 100 %
  • On CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since: 3 November 2021
  • First known exploitation: 3 November 2021
  • CISA's deadline for US federal agencies: 17 November 2021
  • Weakness: CWE-78
  • First seen by Risk Letters: 3 November 2021

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Data: NVD (public domain), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, MITRE ATT&CK, AlienVault OTX. NVD