CVE-2019-1611

CVE-2019-1611 describes a command injection vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS and FXOS Software, affecting numerous Cisco switches and firewalls. An authenticated, local attacker with administrator credentials could exploit insufficient argument validation in certain CLI commands to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with elevated privileges. The vulnerability has a CVSSv3.1 score of 6.7 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low attack complexity, requiring high privileges, and leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.