CVE detail

CVE-2015-0721 — CVE-2015-0721

Published 2016-10-06 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor cisco · Product nx-os · Source nvd

HIGH

severity

CVSS-derived band

8.0

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0275

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

85.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

Cisco NX-OS 4.0 through 7.3 on Multilayer Director and Nexus 1000V, 2000, 3000, 3500, 4000, 5000, 5500, 5600, 6000, 7000, 7700, and 9000 devices allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended AAA restrictions and obtain privileged CLI access via crafted parameters in an SSH connection negotiation, aka Bug IDs CSCum35502, CSCuw78669, CSCuw79754, and CSCux88492.

Remediation

Product	Vulnerable range	Fixed version	Advisory
n/a n/a	—	not specified	advisory ↗

References

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