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CVE-2016-1341

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-02-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-255

Description

Cisco NX-OS 7.0(1)N1(1), 7.0(1)N1(3), and 7.0(4)N1(1) on Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender devices has a blank root password, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCur22079.

Affected products

• Cisco NX-OS: 7.0(1)n1(1), 7.0(1)n1(3), 7.0(4)n1(1)

References

• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160223-nx2000
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035088
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160223-nx2000
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035088

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