CVE-2024-20439: Cisco Smart Licensing Utility Static Credential Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Description

Cisco Smart Licensing Utility contains a static credential vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected system and gain administrative credentials.

Required action (CISA)

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Notes

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cslu-7gHMzWmw ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20439

Weakness behind it

CISA records this vulnerability as an instance of CWE-912. 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-2024-20439
• KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog