CVE-2022-20655

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 15, 2024 at 03:56 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:24 AM UTC
10 products affected across 1 vendorIOS XrCatalyst Sd WAN ManagerEnterprise Nfv Infrastructure

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the implementation of the CLI on a device that is running ConfD could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a command injection attack. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of a process argument on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting commands during the execution of this process. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with the privilege level of ConfD, which is commonly root.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 18.4.419.2.0 ≤ v < 19.2.119.2.0
Affected range stops below 18.4.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 19.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 3.12.1
Affected range stops below 3.12.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 16.10.216.12.0 ≤ v < 16.12.1b17.2.0 ≤ v < 17.2.1r16.12.017.2.0
Affected range stops below 16.10.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 16.12.1b, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.2.1r, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 7.0.27.1.0 ≤ v < 7.1.17.1.0
Affected range stops below 7.0.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 4.3.9.14.4.0.0 ≤ v < 4.4.5.64.5.0 ≤ v < 4.5.74.6.0 ≤ v < 4.6.1.74.7.0 ≤ v < 4.7.15.1.0 ≤ v < 5.1.0.14.4.0.04.5.04.6.04.7.05.1.0
Affected range stops below 4.3.9.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.4.5.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.5.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.6.1.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.7.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.1.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
All versions
v < 18.4.419.2.0 ≤ v < 19.2.119.2.0
Affected range stops below 18.4.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 19.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2.6.5
Affected range stops below 2.6.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.8HIGHcisco
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-78

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