VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-34746

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability17.66%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-09-02
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A vulnerability in the TACACS+ authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) feature of Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and log in to an affected device as an administrator. This vulnerability is due to incomplete validation of user-supplied input that is passed to an authentication script. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting parameters into an authentication request. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass authentication and log in as an administrator to the affected device.

Weakness classification

  • psirt@cisco.com: CWE-289
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-287

Primary references