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CVE-2016-1302

Published: Feb 7, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-284
NVD MITRE
8.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
2.2%
Top 20.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) devices with software before 1.0(3h) and 1.1 before 1.1(1j) and Nexus 9000 ACI Mode switches with software before 11.0(3h) and 11.1 before 11.1(1j) allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended RBAC restrictions via crafted REST requests, aka Bug ID CSCut12998.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-284

Affected Products

NX-OSCisco Systems Inc.
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
Application Policy Infrastructure ControllerCisco Systems Inc.
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
x14j firmwaresamsung
EmbeddedFirmware
Hardware Firmware
opensolarissun
On-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
gs1900-10hp firmwarezyxelNetworking Infrastructure
cisco systems inc.commercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka cisco systems, cisco
samsungcommercialKRMobile Appsaka samsung electronics
suncommercialUSOperating Systems
zyxelcommercialTWNetworking Infrastructureaka zyxel communications corp.
and 3 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160203-apic
tools.cisco.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034925
securitytracker.com

Timeline

Published
Feb 7, 2016
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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