CVE-2021-40119

CVE-2021-40119 is a critical vulnerability in Cisco Policy Suite's key-based SSH authentication, stemming from the reuse of static SSH keys across installations. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to gain root access to affected systems. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness.