9.1 Critical

CVE-2021-1577 A vulnerability in an API endpoint of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) and Cisco Cloud…

Description

A vulnerability in an API endpoint of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) and Cisco Cloud Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (Cloud APIC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to read or write arbitrary files on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to improper access control. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a specific API endpoint to upload a file to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read or write arbitrary files on an affected device.

Affected products and versions

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)	Versions not published

References

20210825 Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Arbitrary File Read and Write Vulnerability tools.cisco.com

Timeline

Published August 25, 2021
Last modified November 7, 2024

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