CVE-2013-1212

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-05-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

The SSL functionality in Cisco NX-OS on the Nexus 1000V does not properly verify X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers, and intercept or modify Virtual Supervisor Module (VSM) to VMware vCenter communication, via a crafted certificate, aka Bug ID CSCud14837.

Affected products

Cisco Nexus 1000V: all versions
Cisco NX-OS: all versions

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-1212
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-1212

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