CVE-2001-0753: Cisco Cbos

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Cisco CBOS 2.3.8 and earlier stores the passwords for (1) exec and (2) enable in cleartext in the NVRAM and a configuration file, which could allow unauthorized users to obtain the passwords and gain privileges.

Affected products

• Cisco Cbos: up to and including 2.3.8

Published 2001-10-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.