CVE-2022-20692
high-risk
Published 2022-04-15
A vulnerability in the NETCONF over SSH feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow a low-privileged, authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition (DoS) on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient resource management. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by initiating a large number of NETCONF over SSH connections. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust resources, causing the device to reload and resulting in a DoS condition on an affected device.
Do I need to act?
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0.71% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 7.7/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (20)
Affected Vendors
References (2)
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity
27/34 · High
Exploitability
2/34 · Minimal
Exposure
32/34 · Critical