CVE-2021-1579
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-08-25 19:10
Modified
2024-11-07 22:03
Severity ?
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Summary
Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller App Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-capic-chvul-CKfGYBh8Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)
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