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CVE-2019-15997: Cisco DNA Spaces: Connector Command Injection Vulnerability

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
• 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: 2019-11-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco DNA Spaces: Connector could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a command injection attack and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments passed to a specific CLI command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including malicious input during the execution of the affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root.

Affected products

• Cisco DNA Spaces Connector: before 2.0 — fixed in 2.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cisco DNA Spaces Connector 2.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20191120-dna-cmd-injection
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20191120-dna-cmd-injection

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