CVE-2019-1935

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Weaponized
9.8
EchelonGraph verdictPatch this weekExploitation is likely or a public exploit exists.
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 83%
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 83%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A vulnerability in Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor, Cisco UCS Director, and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to the CLI of an affected system by using the SCP User account (scpuser), which has default user credentials. The vulnerability is due to the presence of a documented default account with an undocumented default password and incorrect permission settings for that account. Changing the default password for this account is not enforced during the installation of the product. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the account to log in to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the scpuser account. This includes full read and write access to the system's database.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EG Risk
92(Track)
EG Risk 92/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation83% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
99.7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 21, 2019

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Jun 8, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Cisco Integrated Management Controller Supervisor, Cisco UCS Director, and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data SCP User Default Credentials Vulnerability

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190821-imcs-usercred
generic

Bugtraq: Multiple vulns in Cisco UCS Director: from unauth remote access to code execution as root

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/49
generic

Full Disclosure: Multiple vulns in Cisco UCS Director: from unauth remote access to code execution as root

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Aug/36
generic

Packet Storm

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154305/Cisco-UCS-Director-Default-scpuser-Password.html
generic

Packet Storm

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154239/Cisco-UCS-IMC-Supervisor-Authentication-Bypass-Command-Injection.html

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 23× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-23 01:43 UTCEG score recompute
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  26. 2026-05-23 03:10 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-05-23 03:10 UTCGHSA enrichment

Publicly available exploits

(2 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-47346✓ verified
    First seen Sep 3, 2019

    Cisco UCS Director - default scpuser password (Metasploit)

    Open source ↗
  • Metasploitexploit/linux/ssh/cisco_ucs_scpuser✓ verified
    First seen Aug 21, 2019

    Cisco UCS Director default scpuser password

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2019-1935?
CVE-2019-1935 is a critical vulnerability published on August 21, 2019. A vulnerability in Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor, Cisco UCS Director, and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to the CLI of an affected system by using the SCP User account (scpuser), which has default user…
When was CVE-2019-1935 disclosed?
CVE-2019-1935 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 21, 2019, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2019-1935 actively exploited?
CVE-2019-1935 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 99.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-1935?
CVE-2019-1935 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2019-1935?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2019-1935, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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