CVE-2019-1829

Cisco Aironet Series Access Points Command Injection Vulnerability

MEDIUM

6.7

CVSS Score

Published: April 18, 2019 at 01:15 AM UTC

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

15 products affected across 1 vendorAironet Access Point FirmwareAironet 3800IAironet 3800P

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Severity

MEDIUM6.7

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.4%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Aironet Series Access Points (APs) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain access to the underlying Linux operating system (OS) without the proper authentication. The attacker would need valid administrator device credentials. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input for certain CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to an affected device and submitting crafted input for a CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain access to the underlying Linux OS without proper authentication.

Affected

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

Aironet Access Point Firmware · Cisco

95%

v < 8.3.150.08.5 ≤ v < 8.5.140.08.6.101.0 ≤ v < 8.8.111.08.5(131.0)

Affected range stops below 8.3.150.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 8.5.140.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 8.8.111.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

cisco-aironet-1542d (environment) · cisco-aironet-1542i (environment) · cisco-aironet-1562d (environment) · cisco-aironet-1562e (environment) · cisco-aironet-1562i (environment) · cisco-aironet-1800i (environment) · cisco-aironet-1850e (environment) · cisco-aironet-1850i (environment) · cisco-aironet-2800e (environment) · cisco-aironet-2800i (environment) · cisco-aironet-3800e (environment) · cisco-aironet-3800i (environment) · cisco-aironet-3800p (environment)

Aironet Access Point · Cisco

60%

8.5(131.0)

Aironet 1542D · Ciscodevice

80%

All versions

Aironet 1542I · Ciscodevice

80%

All versions

Aironet 1562D · Ciscodevice

80%

All versions