CVE-2022-20909
low-risk
Published 2022-07-22
Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient input validation during CLI command execution on an affected device. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by authenticating as the rescue-user and executing vulnerable CLI commands using a malicious payload. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device.
Do I need to act?
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0.03% 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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6
CVSS 6.0/10
Medium
LOCAL
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (1)
Affected Vendors
References (2)
25
/ 100
low-risk
Severity
20/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
0/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal