Security News > 2021 > February > Cisco Patches Severe Flaws in Network Management Products, Switches
Cisco this week released patches for over a dozen vulnerabilities affecting multiple products, including three critical bugs impacting its ACI Multi-Site Orchestrator, Application Services Engine, and NX-OS software.
Also featuring a CVSS score of 9.8, the third critical flaw that Cisco patched this week affects Nexus 3000 and Nexus 9000 series switches.
"A successful exploit could allow the attacker to create, delete, or overwrite arbitrary files, including sensitive files that are related to the device configuration. For example, the attacker could add a user account without the device administrator knowing," Cisco explains.
Nexus 3000 series switches and Nexus 9000 series switches in standalone NX-OS mode are affected, if they are running NX-OS software release 9.3(5) or release 9.3(6). Cisco says it is not aware of these vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild and advises customers to install the released patches as soon as possible.
Two high-severity issues that Cisco patched in NX-OS software this week could lead to cross-site request forgery and denial-of-service, while two others patched in Nexus 9000 series fabric switches could lead to unauthorized access to the infrastructure VLAN, or to DoS, respectively.
Cisco also addressed several medium-severity flaws in the FXOS and NX-OS software, Nexus 9000 series fabric switches, and AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client.