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Cisco Energy Management Suite installed a local PostgreSQL database with unchanged default credentials. A person who can already log in to the CEMS machine could connect locally to the database and read or change confidential data. Existing installations need manual password changes; the vendor fix only randomizes passwords for new installations. Exposure is most likely in organizations running Cisco Energy Management Suite where the local PostgreSQL password was never manually changed, especially existing deployments predating the vendor fix. The source bundle does not identify exact affected versions. Treat this as a targeted operational data-protection issue, not an internet-wide emergency. Prioritize CEMS hosts that manage sensitive energy operations, have broad local access, or have not had database credentials manually rotated. Mitigation focus: Follow Cisco advisory workaround to manually change existing PostgreSQL credentials.; Do not assume updates changed passwords on existing installations.; Verify new CEMS installations use randomized database credentials..
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- 20181204 Cisco Energy Management Suite Default PostgreSQL Password VulnerabilityCVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-42CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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