cve-2021-1584
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-08-25 19:10
Modified
2024-11-07 22:02
Severity ?
6.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches ACI Mode Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-naci-mdvul-vrKVgNUPatch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode
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