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CVE-2019-1589

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-1589 describes a vulnerability in the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) functionality of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches operating in ACI mode. This flaw, stemming from inadequate data protection for disk encryption keys, allows an unauthenticated, local attacker with physical access to view sensitive information. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (Medium), exploitation requires physical access to the device, but a successful attack could lead to a custom boot process or further compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.3\(0\)sk\(0.39\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:8.3\(0\)sk\(0.39\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.2MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.5
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
4.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0015 is in the 7th percentile among its peer group of 1,532 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190501-aci-unmeasured-boot
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/108175
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry