Security readout for executives and security teams
This is an old Cisco ACNS vulnerability where a malformed, overly long password can crash or potentially take over the affected service. For executives, the risk is mainly from any still-running legacy ACNS appliances that have not been upgraded since the fixed releases named in 2003. Exposure is most likely in legacy environments still running Cisco ACNS 4.x or 5.x below the fixed versions. Modern environments without ACNS, or with ACNS upgraded to 4.2.11, 5.0.5, or later, are not indicated as affected by the bundle. Treat this as high priority if any legacy Cisco ACNS is still deployed. The vulnerability is old, but remote code execution against authentication components is a serious business risk, especially where asset ownership or patch history is uncertain. Mitigation focus: Identify any Cisco ACNS deployments and record exact software versions.; Upgrade ACNS 4.x to 4.2.11 or later per Cisco guidance.; Upgrade ACNS 5.x to 5.0.5 or later per Cisco guidance..
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- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- cisco-acns-password-bo(13945)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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