CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2019-16003 — Cisco Ucs Director security vulnerability
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco UCS Director could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to download system log files from an affected device. The vulnerability is due to an issue in the authentication logic of the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the web interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to download log files if they were previously generated by an administrator.
- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.3 (3.1)
- Published
- 2020-01-26
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- software/application
- Weaknesses
- CWE-306
Affected products
- cisco / ucs_director
Matched remediation archetype
Authentication bypass and missing authentication
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Check exposure
- Map every affected endpoint and protocol path, including alternate ports, legacy routes, recovery flows, service accounts, and machine-to-machine access.
- Confirm which deployments enable the affected authentication mode and whether the interface is reachable from untrusted networks.
- Review session, token, credential, and proxy trust configuration without attempting account takeover.
Remediate safely
- Apply the supported fix and centralize fail-closed authentication before protected request handling.
- Remove default or embedded credentials, rotate affected secrets and sessions, and bind authentication decisions to the intended audience and channel.
- Add negative tests for alternate routes, malformed or absent credentials, recovery flows, and proxy-derived identity.
Authoritative sources
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