CVE-2013-1212: Cisco Nexus 1000v

Medium severity, CVSS 5.8. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The SSL functionality in Cisco NX-OS on the Nexus 1000V does not properly verify X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers, and intercept or modify Virtual Supervisor Module (VSM) to VMware vCenter communication, via a crafted certificate, aka Bug ID CSCud14837.

Affected products

  • Cisco Nexus 1000v
  • Cisco NX-OS: affected versions not specified

Published 2013-05-29. Last modified 2026-06-16.