CVE-2021-1584

MediumCVSS 6.7/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions during the execution of a specific CLI command. An attacker with administrative privileges could exploit this vulnerability by performing a command injection attack on the vulnerable command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access the underlying operating system as root.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.7/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-78

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 25, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-1584: Medium severity, CVSS 6.7 | Vulnix