Medium severity4.4NVD Advisory· Published Mar 6, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-1588

Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches running in Application-Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode could allow an authenticated, local attacker to read arbitrary files on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper input and validation checking mechanisms of user-supplied input sent to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker unauthorized access to read arbitrary files on an affected device. This vulnerability has been fixed in version 14.0(1h).

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Affected products

Cisco Systems, Inc./Nx OS
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <14.0\(1h\)
Cisco Systems, Inc./Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switchesllm-fuzzy
Range: <14.0(1h)
Cisco Systems, Inc./Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in ACI modecpe-rescue
Range: unspecified

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References

tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190306-aci-file-readnvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/107316nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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