CVE-2017-6689
A vulnerability in the ConfD CLI of Cisco Elastic Services Controllers could allow an...
A vulnerability in the ConfD CLI of Cisco Elastic Services Controllers could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected system as the admin user, aka an Insecure Default Administrator Credentials Vulnerability. More Information: CSCvc76661. Known Affected Releases: 2.2(9.76).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A vulnerability in the ConfD CLI of Cisco Elastic Services Controllers could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected system as the admin user, aka an Insecure Default Administrator Credentials Vulnerability. More Information: CSCvc76661. Known Affected Releases: 2.2(9.76).
- Record
CVE-2017-6689- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-1188
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A vulnerability in the ConfD CLI of Cisco Elastic Services Controllers could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected system as the admin user, aka an Insecure Default Administrator Credentials Vulnerability. More Information: CSCvc76661. Known Affected Releases: 2.2(9.76).
- Record
CVE-2017-6689- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-15743 No score
A vulnerability in the ConfD CLI of Cisco Elastic Services Controllers could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected system as the admin user, aka an Insecure Default Administrator Credentials Vulnerability. More Information: CSCvc76661. Known Affected Releases: 2.2(9.76).
- Record
EUVD-2017-15743- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g6w4-9j8g-23j4
A vulnerability in the ConfD CLI of Cisco Elastic Services Controllers could allow an...
A vulnerability in the ConfD CLI of Cisco Elastic Services Controllers could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected system as the admin user, aka an Insecure Default Administrator Credentials Vulnerability. More Information: CSCvc76661. Known Affected Releases: 2.2(9.76).
- Record
GHSA-g6w4-9j8g-23j4- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-1188
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-6689 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Cisco Elastic Services Controller, published June 13, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.50%, the 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.