CVE-2019-1768

CVE-2019-1768 is a buffer overflow and command injection vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS Software, affecting specific CLI commands. An authenticated, local attacker with administrator credentials can exploit insufficient argument validation to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium) due to its local attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.