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CVE-2024-20439: Cisco Smart Licensing Utility Static Credential Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2024-20439
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Cisco Smart Licensing Utility contains a static credential vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected system and gain administrative credentials.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Ciscoproduct: Smart Licensing UtilityAuthentication bypass
What
A static credential vulnerability allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to gain administrative credentials.
Who is affected
Users of Cisco Smart Licensing Utility.
Urgency
Remediation is critical due to active exploitation and the potential for unauthorized access.
Action
Update Cisco Smart Licensing Utility to the latest version.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2025-03-31
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20439

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2024-20439coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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