CVE-2019-15288: Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint, TelePresence Codec, and RoomOS Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-11-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint (CE), Cisco TelePresence Codec (TC), and Cisco RoomOS Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to escalate privileges to an unrestricted user of the restricted shell. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including specific arguments when opening an SSH connection to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain unrestricted user access to the restricted shell of an affected device.

Affected products

Cisco Roomos: before 2019-09-drop1 — fixed in 2019-09-drop1
Cisco Telepresence Codec: before 7.3.19 — fixed in 7.3.19
Cisco TelePresence Endpoint Software (TC/CE): before 9.8.1 — fixed in 9.8.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cisco Roomos 2019-09-drop1; Cisco Telepresence Codec 7.3.19; Cisco TelePresence Endpoint Software (TC/CE) 9.8.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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