CVE-2002-1554: Cisco Optical Networking Systems Software

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Cisco ONS15454 and ONS15327 running ONS before 3.4 stores usernames and passwords in cleartext in the image database for the TCC, TCC+ or XTC, which could allow attackers to gain privileges by obtaining the passwords from the image database or a backup.

Affected products

• Cisco Optical Networking Systems Software: version 3.0 only; version 3.1.0 only; version 3.2 only; version 3.2.0 only; version 3.3.0 only

Published 2003-03-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.