Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 24, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-1384
CVE-2021-1384
Description
A vulnerability in Cisco IOx application hosting environment of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject commands into the underlying operating system as the root user. This vulnerability is due to incomplete validation of fields in the application packages loaded onto IOx. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a crafted application .tar file and loading it onto the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform command injection into the underlying operating system as the root user.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <16.6.9
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: n/a
Patches
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References
2- github.com/orangecertcc/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-h332-fj6p-2232nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iox-cmdinj-RkSURGHGnvdVendor Advisory
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