CVE-2021-1497: Cisco HyperFlex HX Installer Virtual Machine Command Injection Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Description

Cisco HyperFlex HX Installer Virtual Machine contains an insufficient input validation vulnerability which could allow an attacker to execute commands on an affected device as the root user.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1497

Weakness behind it

CISA records this vulnerability as an instance of CWE-78. From there the chain continues into CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques, all inside this corpus.

References

• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1497
• KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog