CVE-2022-20681

Summary

CVECVE-2022-20681
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-04-15 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:42:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco Catalyst 9000 Family Switches and Cisco Catalyst 9000 Family Wireless Controllers could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to level 15 on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user privileges after the user executes certain CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to an affected device as a low-privileged user and then executing certain CLI commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with level 15 privileges on the affected device.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe All All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.11.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.11.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.11.1b All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.11.1c All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.11.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.11.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1c All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1t All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1w All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1x All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1y All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1z All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1z1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1z2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.2a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.2s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.2t All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.3a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.3s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.4a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.5 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.5a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.5b All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.6 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.6a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.1.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.1.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.1.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.1.1t All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.1.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.1.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.2.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.2.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.2.1r All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.2.1v All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.2.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.2.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.1w All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.1x All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.1z All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.2a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.3a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.4a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.4b All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.4c All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.4.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.4.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.4.1b All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.4.1c All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.4.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.4.2a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.5.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.5.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.6.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.6.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.6.1w All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
20220413 Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco Catalyst 9000 Family Switches and Catalyst 9000 Family Wireless Controllers Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 317144 Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) XE Software for Cisco Catalyst 9000 Family Switches and Catalyst 9000 Family Wireless Controllers Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (cisco-sa-ewlc-priv-esc-ybvHKO5)
  • 317176 Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) XE Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (cisco-sa-ewlc-priv-esc-ybvHKO5)
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