VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2015-0658

high
Published 2015-03-28 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
7.9
VIR risk
7.9

Description

The DHCP implementation in the PowerOn Auto Provisioning (POAP) feature in Cisco NX-OS does not properly restrict the initialization process, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root by sending crafted response packets on the local network, aka Bug ID CSCur14589.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@cisco.com — http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=38062

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.