CVE detail

CVE-2021-1529 — CVE-2021-1529

Published 2021-10-21 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor cisco · Product ios_xe · Source nvd

HIGH

severity

CVSS-derived band

7.8

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0030

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

22.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the system CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to an affected device and submitting crafted input to the system CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges.

Remediation

Product	Vulnerable range	Fixed version	Advisory
Cisco Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software	—	not specified	advisory ↗

References

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