CVE-2019-1968

Cisco NX-OS Software NX-API Denial of Service Vulnerability

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 29, 2019 at 09:50 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:29 AM UTC
92 products affected across 1 vendorNx OSNexus 9508Nexus 93120Tx

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the NX-API feature of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an NX-API system process to unexpectedly restart. The vulnerability is due to incorrect validation of the HTTP header of a request that is sent to the NX-API. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the NX-API on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition in the NX-API service; however, the NX-OS device itself would still be available and passing network traffic. Note: The NX-API feature is disabled by default.

Affected

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

Affected range stops below 8.3(2), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cisco-mds-9000 (environment) · cisco-mds-9100 (environment) · cisco-mds-9140 (environment) · cisco-mds-9200 (environment) · cisco-mds-9500 (environment) · cisco-mds-9700 (environment) · 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-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-9504 (environment) · cisco-nexus-9508 (environment) · cisco-nexus-9516 (environment)
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Remediation

No guide yet

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

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20CWE-116

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