CVE-2021-1617: Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance Vulnerabilities

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-07-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-36

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a path traversal or command injection attack on an affected system. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by using the web-based management interface to do one or both of the following: Execute a command using crafted input Upload a file that has been altered using path traversal techniques A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read and write arbitrary files or execute arbitrary commands as root on an affected system. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.

Affected products

Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance: before 1.0.9-292 — fixed in 1.0.9-292

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance 1.0.9-292. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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