Cisco Nexus Dashboard and Nexus Dashboard Insights Server-Side Request Forgery Vulnerability
Summary
A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard and Cisco Nexus Dashboard Insights could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a server-side request forgery (SSRF) attack through an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation for specific HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading an authenticated user of the device management interface to click a crafted link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to send arbitrary network requests that are sourced from the affected device to an attacker-controlled server. The attac…
- Scope: At the time of publication, this vulnerability affected Cisco devices if they were running a vulnerable release of Cisco Nexus Dashboard or Nexus Dashboard Insights, regardless of device configuration.
- 6.5 and earlier — Migrate to a fixed Nexus Dashboard release
- 3.2 and earlier — Migrate to a fixed release
- 4.1 — Migrate to a fixed release
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 6 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- Upgrade to the first fixed release for your train per the Fixed Releases table in this advisory.
- Release 6.5 and earlier: migrate to a fixed Nexus Dashboard release.
- Release 3.2 and earlier: migrate to a fixed release.
- Release 4.1: migrate to a fixed release.
- There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 6 hours ago·verify at source
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