CVE detail

CVE-2019-1731 — CVE-2019-1731

Published 2019-05-15 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor cisco · Product nx-os · Source nvd
MEDIUM
severity
CVSS-derived band
4.4
CVSS v3
0–10 scale
0.0036
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
29.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog

Description

A vulnerability in the SSH CLI key management functionality of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to expose a user's private SSH key to all authenticated users on the targeted device. The attacker must authenticate with valid administrator device credentials. The vulnerability is due to incomplete error handling if a specific error type occurs during the SSH key export. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device and entering a crafted command at the CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to expose a user's private SSH key. In addition, a similar type of error in the SSH key import could cause the passphrase-protected private SSH key to be imported unintentionally.

Remediation

ProductVulnerable rangeFixed versionAdvisory
Cisco Cisco NX-OS Software>=unspecified<8.3(1)8.3(1)advisory ↗

References

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