A vulnerability in the key-based SSH authentication mechanism of Cisco Policy Suite could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected system as the root user. This vulnerability is due to the re-use of static SSH keys across installations. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by extracting a key from a system under their control. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to log in to an affected system as the root user.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: cisco
Published: 2021-11-04T15:35:50.764381Z
Updated: 2024-11-07T21:51:43.689Z
Reserved: 2021-08-25T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-40119
Vulnrichment
Updated: 2024-08-04T02:27:31.575Z
NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2021-11-04T16:15:09.360
Modified: 2024-11-21T06:23:36.720
Link: CVE-2021-40119
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