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CVE-2021-1234 — Cisco Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager security vulnerability
A vulnerability in the cluster management interface of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to view sensitive information on an affected system. To be affected by this vulnerability, the vManage software must be in cluster mode. This vulnerability is due to the absence of authentication for sensitive information in the cluster management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the cluster management interface of an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view sensitive information on the affected system.Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.3 (3.1)
- Published
- 2024-11-18
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- software/application
- Weaknesses
- CWE-497
Affected products
- cisco / catalyst_sd-wan_manager / 17.2.4
- cisco / catalyst_sd-wan_manager / 17.2.5
- cisco / catalyst_sd-wan_manager / 17.2.6
- cisco / catalyst_sd-wan_manager / 17.2.7
- cisco / catalyst_sd-wan_manager / 17.2.8
- cisco / catalyst_sd-wan_manager / 17.2.9
Matched remediation archetype
Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure
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Check exposure
- Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
- Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
- Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.
Remediate safely
- Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
- Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
- Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.
Authoritative sources
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