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CVE-2021-40119

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
0.02417
Risk score
40.05
CISA KEV
No
PoC
No
Published
2021-11-04
Modified
2024-11-07
First seen
2026-08-07
Aliases
EUVD-2021-27306, GHSA-WJWM-57J9-GM6H
Products
Cisco:Cisco Policy Suite (CPS) Software n/a
Sources
euvd EUVD-2021-27306

Description

A vulnerability in the key-based SSH authentication mechanism of Cisco Policy Suite could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected system as the root user. This vulnerability is due to the re-use of static SSH keys across installations. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by extracting a key from a system under their control. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to log in to an affected system as the root user.

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