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Critical · 9.8 Known exploited Scanner template CVE-2024-20439 EUVD-2024-18154GHSA-mcxm-8hr3-frmx

A vulnerability in Cisco Smart Licensing Utility (CSLU) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log into an affected system by u…

Published Sep 4, 2024 · Updated Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by cisco

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Smart Licensing Utility (CSLU) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log into an affected system by using a static administrative credential.

This vulnerability is due to an undocumented static user credential for an administrative account. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the static credentials to login to the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to login to the affected system with administrative rights over the CSLU application API.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Cisco Cisco Smart License Utility 2.1.0, 2.0.0, 2.2.0 —

Automated scanner template

A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.

Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.

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