CVE-2019-1688

Cisco Network Assurance Engine CLI Access with Default Password Vulnerability

HIGH

7.1

CVSS Score

Published: February 12, 2019 at 08:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:29 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorNetwork Assurance Engine

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Severity

HIGH7.1

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.3%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the management web interface of Cisco Network Assurance Engine (NAE) could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to gain unauthorized access or cause a Denial of Service (DoS) condition on the server. The vulnerability is due to a fault in the password management system of NAE. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating with the default administrator password via the CLI of an affected server. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view potentially sensitive information or bring the server down, causing a DoS condition. This vulnerability affects Cisco Network Assurance Engine (NAE) Release 3.0(1). The default password condition only affects new installations of Release 3.0(1).