CVE-2024-20439Cisco Smart Licensing Utility Static Credential Vulnerability
Known exploited — Cisco Smart Licensing Utility Static Credential Vulnerability
CISA confirmed this vulnerability is used in real attacks on 31.03.2025. Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: 21.04.2025.
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cslu-7gHMzWmw ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20439
Description
A vulnerability in Cisco Smart Licensing Utility (CSLU) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log into an affected system by using a static administrative credential. This vulnerability is due to an undocumented static user credential for an administrative account. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the static credentials to login to the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to login to the affected system with administrative rights over the CSLU application API.
Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.
Affected products and versions
| Vendor | Product | Versions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Smart License Utility | 2.1.0, 2.0.0, 2.2.0 | |
| cisco | smart license utility | 2.0.0 – < 2.3.0 |
References and patches
- cisco-sa-cslu-7gHMzWmw Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-20439 US Government Resource
CPE matches (NVD) (1)
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:smart_license_utility:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 2.0.0 < 2.3.0