CVE-2013-1135: Cisco Prime Central for Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS) Assurance 8.6 and 9.0 allows remote attackers t...

Security readout for executives and security teams

CVE-2013-1135 is a denial-of-service issue in Cisco Prime Central for Hosted Collaboration Solution Assurance 8.6 and 9.0. A remote attacker could trigger excessive CPU use and interrupt monitoring services. The business impact is loss of operational visibility, not disclosed data theft or code execution. Exposure appears limited to organizations still running Cisco Prime Central HCS Assurance 8.6 or 9.0, especially where ports 9043 or 9443 are reachable from untrusted networks. This is a legacy, product-specific issue, so many environments will have no exposure. Treat as a targeted availability risk for legacy Cisco HCS monitoring infrastructure. Prioritize if this system supports production collaboration services or is reachable beyond tightly controlled admin networks. Otherwise, handle through legacy asset cleanup and vendor-guided remediation. Mitigation focus: Check Cisco advisory guidance for fixed releases, workarounds, or replacement recommendations.; Identify and retire any Cisco Prime Central HCS Assurance 8.6 or 9.0 deployments.; Restrict access to TCP ports 9043 and 9443 to trusted management networks..

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Jun 24, 2026, 11:46 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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