CVE-2019-12717

Cisco NX-OS Software Virtualization Manager Command Injection Vulnerability

HIGH

7.8

CVSS Score

Published: September 25, 2019 at 08:16 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:15 AM UTC

88 products affected across 1 vendorNx OSNexus 9508Nexus 93120Tx

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Severity

HIGH7.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.4%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in a CLI command related to the virtualization manager (VMAN) in Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments passed to a specific VMAN CLI command on an affected device. 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 Linux operating system with root privileges, which may lead to complete system compromise. An attacker would need valid administrator credentials to exploit this vulnerability.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Nx OS · Cisconpm

95%

6.0(2) ≤ v < 7.0(3)i7(6)6.2 ≤ v < 8.0(1)7.0 ≤ v < 7.3(5)n1(1)7.0(3)f ≤ v < 9.2(3)9.2 ≤ v < 9.2(3)

Affected range stops below 7.0(3)i7(6), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 7.3(5)n1(1), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 8.0(1), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.2(3), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

cisco-nexus-3016 (environment) · cisco-nexus-3048 (environment) · cisco-nexus-3064 (environment) · cisco-nexus-3064-t (environment) · cisco-nexus-31108pc-v (environment) · cisco-nexus-31108tc-v (environment) · cisco-nexus-31128pq (environment) · cisco-nexus-3132c-z (environment) · cisco-nexus-3132q (environment) · cisco-nexus-3132q-v (environment) · cisco-nexus-3132q-xl (environment) · cisco-nexus-3164q (environment) · cisco-nexus-3172 (environment) · cisco-nexus-3172pq-xl (environment) · cisco-nexus-3172tq (environment) · cisco-nexus-3172tq-32t (environment) · cisco-nexus-3172tq-xl (environment) · cisco-nexus-3232c (environment) · cisco-nexus-3264c-e (environment) · cisco-nexus-3264q (environment) · cisco-nexus-3408-s (environment) · cisco-nexus-34180yc (environment) · cisco-nexus-3432d-s (environment) · cisco-nexus-3464c (environment) · cisco-nexus-3524 (environment) · cisco-nexus-3524-x (environment) · cisco-nexus-3524-xl (environment) · cisco-nexus-3548 (environment) · cisco-nexus-3548-x (environment) · cisco-nexus-3548-xl (environment) · cisco-nexus-36180yc-r (environment) · cisco-nexus-3636c-r (environment) · cisco-nexus-5548p (environment) · cisco-nexus-5548up (environment) · cisco-nexus-5596t (environment) · cisco-nexus-5596up (environment) · cisco-nexus-56128p (environment) · cisco-nexus-5624q (environment) · cisco-nexus-5648q (environment) · cisco-nexus-5672up (environment) · cisco-nexus-5696q (environment) · cisco-nexus-6001 (environment) · cisco-nexus-6004 (environment) · cisco-nexus-6004x (environment) · cisco-nexus-7000 (environment) · cisco-nexus-7000-10-slot (environment) · cisco-nexus-7000-18-slot (environment) · cisco-nexus-7000-4-slot (environment) · cisco-nexus-7000-9-slot (environment) · cisco-nexus-7700 (environment) · cisco-nexus-7700-10-slot (environment) · cisco-nexus-7700-18-slot (environment) · cisco-nexus-7700-2-slot (environment) · cisco-nexus-7700-6-slot (environment) · cisco-nexus-9000v (environment) · cisco-nexus-92160yc-x (environment) · cisco-nexus-92300yc (environment) · cisco-nexus-92304qc (environment) · cisco-nexus-92348gc-x (environment) · cisco-nexus-9236c (environment) · cisco-nexus-9272q (environment) · cisco-nexus-93108tc-ex (environment) · cisco-nexus-93108tc-fx (environment) · cisco-nexus-93120tx (environment) · cisco-nexus-93128tx (environment) · cisco-nexus-93180lc-ex (environment) · cisco-nexus-93180yc-ex (environment) · cisco-nexus-93180yc-fx (environment) · cisco-nexus-93216tc-fx2 (environment) · cisco-nexus-93240yc-fx2 (environment) · cisco-nexus-9332c (environment) · cisco-nexus-9332pq (environment) · cisco-nexus-93360yc-fx2 (environment) · cisco-nexus-9336c-fx2 (environment) · cisco-nexus-9336pq-aci-spine (environment) · cisco-nexus-9348gc-fxp (environment) · cisco-nexus-9364c (environment) · cisco-nexus-9372px (environment) · cisco-nexus-9372px-e (environment) · cisco-nexus-9372tx (environment) · cisco-nexus-9372tx-e (environment) · cisco-nexus-9396px (environment) · cisco-nexus-9396tx (environment) · cisco-nexus-9500 (environment) · cisco-nexus-9504 (environment) · cisco-nexus-9508 (environment) · cisco-nexus-9516 (environment)

Nexus 3016 · Ciscodevice

80%

All versions

Nexus 3048 · Ciscodevice

80%

All versions

Nexus 3064 · Ciscodevice

80%

All versions

Nexus 3064-T · Ciscodevice

80%

All versions