Exploited· due 2021-11-17
CVE-2021-1498
Cisco HyperFlex HX
Cisco HyperFlex HX Installer Virtual Machine contains an insufficient input validation vulnerability which could allow an attacker to execute commands on an affected device as the tomcat8 user.
Exploitation status
- CISA has confirmed this is being exploited in the wild. That is an observation of real attacks, not a prediction.
- US federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it by 2021-11-17. That deadline does not bind private companies, but it is a reasonable benchmark for how urgently CISA views it.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA’s wording, unedited.
Scoring
- CVSS
- Not yet scored
Dates
- Published
- 2021-11-03
- Added to KEV
- 2021-11-03
- Remediation due
- 2021-11-17
- Sources
- CISA KEV