CVE-2021-1498 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting the web-based management interface of Cisco HyperFlex HX products. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary commands. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability poses a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This CVE is actively exploited in the wild, with public exploit code available in Metasploit and Nuclei templates, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.0\(2e\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:hyperflex_hx_data_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.5, < 4.5\(2a\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:hyperflex_hx_data_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.