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CVE-2019-1791

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-1791 is a command injection vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software. It allows an authenticated, local attacker with administrator credentials to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges on the underlying operating system due to insufficient validation of CLI command arguments. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requiring high privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.2, < 6.2\(25\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.3, < 8.2\(3\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.3, < 8.3\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 7.0\(3\)i4\(9\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.0\(3\)i7, < 7.3\(3\)i7\(6\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0050 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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 0.1 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-20190515-nxos-cmdinj-1791
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/108390
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry