CVE-2019-1588

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches Application-Centric Infrastructure Mode Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability

MEDIUM
4.4
CVSS Score
Published: March 6, 2019 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:28 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorNx OSNexus 9000

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Severity
MEDIUM4.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches running in Application-Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode could allow an authenticated, local attacker to read arbitrary files on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper input and validation checking mechanisms of user-supplied input sent to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker unauthorized access to read arbitrary files on an affected device. This vulnerability has been fixed in version 14.0(1h).

Affected

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

v < 14.0(1h)
Affected range stops below 14.0(1h), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cisco-nexus-9000 (environment)
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20CWE-269

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