CVE-2021-1419: Cisco 1100-8p Firmware

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability in the SSH management feature of multiple Cisco Access Points (APs) platforms could allow a local, authenticated user to modify files on the affected device and possibly gain escalated privileges. The vulnerability is due to improper checking on file operations within the SSH management interface. A network administrator user could exploit this vulnerability by accessing an affected device through SSH management to make a configuration change. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain privileges equivalent to the root user.

Affected products

  • Cisco 1100-8p Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Cisco 1120 Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Cisco 1160 Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Cisco Aironet 1542d Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Cisco Aironet 1542i Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Cisco Aironet 1562d Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Cisco Aironet 1562e Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Cisco Aironet 1562i Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Cisco Aironet 1815i Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Cisco Aironet 1815m Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Cisco Aironet 1815t Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Cisco Aironet 1815w Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Cisco Aironet 1830e Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Cisco Aironet 1830i Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Cisco Aironet 1840i Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Cisco Aironet 1850e Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Cisco Aironet 1850i Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Cisco Aironet 2800e Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Cisco Aironet 2800i Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Cisco Aironet 3800e Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Cisco Aironet 3800i Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Cisco Aironet 3800p Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Cisco Aironet 4800 Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Cisco Catalyst 9105axi Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • Cisco Catalyst 9105axw Firmware: affected versions not specified
  • and 16 more

Published 2021-09-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.