CVE-2019-1609

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments passed to certain CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including malicious input as the argument of an affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with elevated privileges. An attacker would need valid administrator credentials to exploit this vulnerability. MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Switches are affected in versions prior to 6.2(27), 8.1(1b), and 8.3(2). Nexus 3500 Platform Switches are affected in versions prior to 7.0(3)I7(6). Nexus 3000 Series Switches are affected in versions prior to 7.0(3)I4(9) and 7.0(3)I7(6). Nexus 3600 Platform Switches are affected in versions prior to 7.0(3)F3(5). Nexus 7000 and 7700 Series Switches are affected in versions prior to 6.2(22), 7.3(3)D1(1), 8.2(3), and 8.3(2). Nexus 9000 Series Switches in Standalone NX-OS Mode are affected in versions prior to 7.0(3)I4(9) and7.0(3)I7(6). Nexus 9500 R-Series Line Cards and Fabric Modules are affected in versions prior to 7.0(3)F3(5).

• CWE-77
• CWE-88

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107341Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190306-nxos-cmdinj-1609Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107341Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190306-nxos-cmdinj-1609Patch, Vendor Advisory

Published

Mar 8, 2019

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

• How Strix found a critical auth bypass in etcdStrix autonomously discovered a critical authentication bypass in etcd, later designated CVE-2026-33413.
• Autonomous PentestingAI agents that find and validate exploitable vulnerabilities like this one across your applications.
• PR ReviewsPentest every pull request so vulnerable code is caught before it ships to production.
• AI Penetration TestingHow AI-driven penetration testing continuously covers your attack surface.

• CVE-2019-16070A number of stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilitie…6.1
• CVE-2019-16071Enigma NMS 65.0.0 and prior allows administrative users to c…8.8
• CVE-2019-16072An OS command injection vulnerability in the discover_and_ma…9.8
• CVE-2019-1608A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software could all…6.7
• CVE-2019-16088Xpdf 3.04 has a SIGSEGV in XRef::fetch in XRef.cc after many…
• CVE-2019-16089An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.2.13. …4.1
• CVE-2019-16091Symonics libmysofa 0.7 has an out-of-bounds read in directbl…7.5
• CVE-2019-16092Symonics libmysofa 0.7 has a NULL pointer dereference in get…9.8
• CVE-2019-16093Symonics libmysofa 0.7 has an invalid write in readOHDRHeade…9.8
• CVE-2019-16094Symonics libmysofa 0.7 has an invalid read in readOHDRHeader…7.5
• CVE-2019-16095Symonics libmysofa 0.7 has an invalid read in getDimension i…7.5
• CVE-2019-16096Kilo 0.0.1 has a heap-based buffer overflow because there is…7.5