CVE-2024-20439

CRITICALCISA KEV

9.8

Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published9/4/2024

Last Modified10/28/2025

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorCisco

ProductSmart Licensing Utility

Vulnerability NameCisco Smart Licensing Utility Static Credential Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2025-03-31

Remediation Due Date2025-04-21

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

cisco:smart_license_utility

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-912CWE-798

References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cslu-7gHMzWmw(psirt@cisco.com)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-20439(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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