CVE-2019-1615

CVE-2019-1615 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS Software's Image Signature Verification feature, affecting Nexus 3000, 9000, and 9500 series switches running specific older software versions. An authenticated, local attacker with administrator credentials could exploit this by installing an unsigned, malicious software image due to improper digital signature verification. This could lead to the attacker booting a compromised image, resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed on the KEV catalog.