CVE-2019-1885: Cisco Integrated Management Controller Command Injection Vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-08-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

A vulnerability in the Redfish protocol of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted authenticated commands to the web-based management interface of the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject and execute arbitrary commands on an affected device with root privileges.

Affected products

Cisco Integrated Management Controller: from 3.0.0.0 before 3.0\(4k\); from 4.0.0.0 before 4.0\(4b\); from 4.0.0.0 before 4.0\(2f\) — fixed in 3.0\(4k\), 4.0\(2f\), 4.0\(4b\)
Cisco Unified Computing System (Managed): 4.0(1c)hs3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cisco Integrated Management Controller 3.0\(4k\), 4.0\(2f\), 4.0\(4b\). Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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