Security News > 2023 > May > Critical Flaws in Cisco Small Business Switches Could Allow Remote Attacks

Cisco has released updates to address a set of nine security flaws in its Small Business Series Switches that could be exploited by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to run arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition.

Four of the nine vulnerabilities are rated 9.8 out of 10 on the CVSS scoring system, making them critical in nature.

The nine flaws affect the following product lines -.

Successful exploitation of the aforementioned bugs could permit an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on an affected device by sending a specially crafted request through the web-based user interface.

Cisco said it does not plan to release firmware updates for Small Business 200 Series Smart Switches, Small Business 300 Series Managed Switches, Small Business 500 Series Stackable Managed Switches as they have entered the end-of-life process.

With Cisco devices becoming a lucrative attack vector for threat actors, users are recommended to move quickly to apply the patches to mitigate potential threats.

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