CVE-2024-20439Cisco Smart Licensing Utility Static Credential Vulnerability
A vulnerability in Cisco Smart Licensing Utility (CSLU) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log into an affected system by using a static administrative credential. This vulnerability is due to an undocumented static user credential for an administrative account. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the static credentials to login to the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to login to the affected system with administrative rights over the CSLU application API.
Overview
Severity
| Score | Severity | Version | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | CRITICAL | 3.1cisco (CNA) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CISA required action
⚡ Known exploited · remediation due Apr 21, 2025
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2024-20439
- Status
- Analyzed
- Assigner (CNA)
- cisco
- Published
- Sep 4, 2024
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17 07:07 UTC
Affected Products
As published by the CNA in the CVE record.
CiscoCisco Smart License Utility3 version ranges
- 2.1.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.2.0