CVE-2019-16005: Cisco Webex Video Mesh Node Command Injection Vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-01-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-77

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Webex Video Mesh could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input by the web-based management interface of the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to the web-based management interface with administrative privileges and supplying crafted requests to the application. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system with root privileges on a targeted node.

Affected products

Cisco Collaboration Meeting Rooms: 2.0
Cisco Webex Video Mesh: before 2019.09.19.1956m — fixed in 2019.09.19.1956m

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cisco Webex Video Mesh 2019.09.19.1956m. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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