CVE-2019-1851 vulnerability in Cisco Products
Published on May 16, 2019
Cisco Identity Services Engine Arbitrary Client Certificate Creation Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the External RESTful Services (ERS) API of the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to generate arbitrary certificates signed by the Internal Certificate Authority (CA) Services on ISE. This vulnerability is due to an incorrect implementation of role-based access control (RBAC). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a specific HTTP request with administrative credentials. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to generate a certificate that is signed and trusted by the ISE CA with arbitrary attributes. The attacker could use this certificate to access other networks or assets that are protected by certificate authentication.
Weakness Type
What is an AuthZ Vulnerability?
The software does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
CVE-2019-1851 has been classified to as an AuthZ vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2019-1851
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Affected Versions
Cisco Identity Services Engine Software:- Version unspecified and below n/a is affected.
Exploit Probability
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