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CVE-2019-1938

CRITICAL

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco UCS Director and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary actions with administrator privileges on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper authentication request handling. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow an unprivileged attacker to access and execute arbitrary actions through certain APIs.

Published: Aug 21, 2019 Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-287 CWE-287

CVSS Metrics

CVSSv3
Attack Vector: NETWORK Attack Complexity: LOW Privileges Required: NONE User Interaction: NONE Scope: UNCHANGED Confidentiality Impact: HIGH Integrity Impact: HIGH Availability Impact: HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products (4)

Vendor Product Version
cisco ucs_director 6.7.0.0
cisco ucs_director 6.7.1.0
cisco ucs_director_express_for_big_data 3.7.0.0
cisco ucs_director_express_for_big_data 3.7.1.0

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-99xv-4fxw-wm5h

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco UCS Director and Cisco UCS...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 9.8 / 10
EPSS Score 4.57%

Top 9% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 40.6 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub