CVE-2021-1449 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Access Point Software's boot logic, allowing an authenticated, local attacker with devshell access to execute unsigned code at boot time. This bypasses secure boot image verification. The CVSS score is 6.7, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requiring high privileges and local access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:aironet_access_point_software:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 16.12.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catalyst_9800_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.1, < 17.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catalyst_9800_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.4, < 17.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catalyst_9800_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 8.5.171.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_controller_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.