CVE-2019-1585

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches Application-Centric Infrastructure Mode Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

MEDIUM

6.7

CVSS Score

Published: March 6, 2019 at 09:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:28 AM UTC

20 products affected across 1 vendorNx OSApplication Policy Infrastructure Controller SoftwareNexus 9508

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Severity

MEDIUM6.7

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.4%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the controller authorization functionality of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series ACI Mode Switch Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate standard users with root privilege on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a misconfiguration of certain sudoers files for the bashroot component on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the affected device with a crafted user ID, which may allow temporary administrative access to escalate privileges. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to escalate privileges on an affected device. This Vulnerability has been fixed in version 4.0(1h)

Affected

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

Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Software · Cisco

95%

v ≤ 4.0(1h)

cisco-nexus-92160yc-x (environment) · cisco-nexus-92304qc (environment) · cisco-nexus-9236c (environment) · cisco-nexus-9272q (environment) · cisco-nexus-93108tc-ex (environment) · cisco-nexus-93120tx (environment) · cisco-nexus-93128tx (environment) · cisco-nexus-93180yc-ex (environment) · cisco-nexus-9332pq (environment) · cisco-nexus-9336pq-aci-spine (environment) · cisco-nexus-9372px (environment) · cisco-nexus-9372tx (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)

Nx OS · Cisconpm

95%

v < 4.0(1h)8.3(0)sk(0.39)

Affected range stops below 4.0(1h), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Nexus 92160Yc-X · Ciscodevice

80%

All versions

Nexus 92304Qc · Ciscodevice

80%

All versions

Nexus 9236C · Ciscodevice

80%