# CVE-2016-1404: Cisco UCS Invicta 4.3, 4.5, and 5.0.1 on Invicta appliances and Invicta Scaling System uses the same hardcoded GnuPG encryption key across d

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-05-29 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cisco UCS Invicta 4.3, 4.5, and 5.0.1 on Invicta appliances and Invicta Scaling System uses the same hardcoded GnuPG encryption key across different customers' installations, which allows remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by sniffing network traffic to an Autosupport server and leveraging knowledge of this key from another installation, aka Bug ID CSCur85504.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035957
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160524-ucs-inv

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