Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessReach Unified CM over network
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ExploitSend crafted HTTP request
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ExecutionBypass improper input validation
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ImpactAccess resources beyond intended scope
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Dangerous method exposure prevention
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires network access to the HTTP/web interface of an affected Cisco Unified CM or Unified CM SME device; the attacker sends a crafted HTTP request that defeats improper input validation (CWE-749: exposed dangerous method or function). No authentication (PR:N) and no user interaction (UI:N) are required. Limiting factors: the attacker must be able to reach the device's HTTP service over the network, so instances restricted to trusted management VLANs or behind firewalls are far less exposed than those reachable from untrusted segments; impact is bounded to integrity-only access-control bypass (no data disclosure or service disruption per the CVSS vector). The specific vulnerable endpoint is not named in the description. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity (CVSS 5.3) access control bypass in Cisco Unified Communications Manager. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) describes the worst-case favorable attacker conditions - network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated, no user interaction - which normally signals high priority. However, the impact is deliberately narrow: only partial integrity impact (I:L) with no confidentiality (C:N) or availability (A:N) loss, consistent with the described outcome of reaching network segments beyond intended scope rather than data theft or code execution. No EPSS score was provided in the input, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified. The vulnerability is NOT listed in CISA KEV and no public exploit code was referenced, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis - do not treat this as actively exploited. SSVC-style framing: exploitation is 'none' observed, technical impact is 'partial', and automatability is uncertain from available data. Net assessment: a genuine but second-tier issue - easy to reach but limited blast radius. Patch within normal cycles rather than emergency response, prioritizing internet-exposed or untrusted-segment-reachable Unified CM instances. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An unauthenticated attacker with network reachability to a Unified CM device crafts and sends a malformed HTTP request that bypasses input validation, causing the application to honor a request it should have rejected. This lets the attacker reach administrative or internal network functions beyond their intended access boundary. No public proof-of-concept was referenced in the available data. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026
Unauthenticated remote attackers can bypass access controls on Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Unified CM Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME) by sending a crafted HTTP request to the device's web interface. The flaw is rated CVSS 5.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N, integrity-only impact) - no credentials or user interaction are needed, but the consequence is limited to reaching parts of the network outside the attacker's intended scope rather than data disclosure or denial of service. No public exploit code and no confirmed active exploitation were identified at time of analysis, so exposure is primarily determined by whether the HTTP service is reachable from untrusted network segments.
RemediationAI
Vendor patch status is not confirmed in the supplied data; consult Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-cucm-access-PW9e8Jt2 (https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cucm-access-PW9e8Jt2) for the per-release fixed versions and apply the matching upgrade to every Unified CM and Unified CM SME cluster node, including subscribers and TFTP nodes. If an upgrade cannot be scheduled immediately, reduce exposure by restricting the HTTP/HTTPS management interface to trusted administrative subnets through infrastructure ACLs or firewall policy - the trade-off is that administrators and any tooling sourcing from other segments must be relocated or tunneled, and remote phone provisioning over HTTP may fail for endpoints outside the permitted ranges. Where practical, disable the web server/administrative GUI on nodes that do not require it (side effect: no local GUI administration, forcing CLI/SSH-based management) and verify that no NAT or reverse-proxy publication exposes the web interface to the internet. Validate the compensating controls by confirming from an untrusted segment that the crafted request path is unreachable, and monitor web-service logs for anomalous or malformed HTTP requests against Unified CM nodes until the fixed release is in place.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The defect is classified as CWE-749 (exposed dangerous method or function) and is rooted in improper validation of specific HTTP requests handled by the Unified CM web service. Rather than a memory-safety bug, the issue is a logic/authorization flaw: the request handler exposes functionality that should be gated by access-control checks, and malformed or specially crafted input causes those checks to be satisfied incorrectly, letting the caller step outside its intended scope. The CPE entry cpe:2.3:a:cisco:cisco_unified_communications_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* is version-agnostic in the supplied data, so the precise affected release trains must be read from the Cisco advisory. Because the vulnerable surface is the HTTP/HTTPS listener used for administrative GUI access and endpoint configuration-file delivery, any instance whose web interface is internet-facing or reachable from a broad internal segment carries the highest practical risk; deployments confined to a management VLAN, fronted by ACLs, or with the web service disabled are materially less exposed.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Unauthenticated crafted HTTP request over the network gives AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N; access-control bypass yields limited integrity impact (I:L) with no confidentiality or availability loss.
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CVSS VectorVendor: cisco
DescriptionCVE.org
A vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct access control bypass attacks on an affected device.
This vulnerability is due to improper input validation for specific HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access parts of the network that are beyond the scope of their intended access.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
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