CVE-2022-20859

Cisco Unified Communications Products Access Control Vulnerability

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 6, 2022 at 08:30 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:25 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorUnified Communications ManagerUnity ConnectionUnified Communications Manager Im and Presence Service

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the Disaster Recovery framework of Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service (Unified CM IM&P), and Cisco Unity Connection could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform certain administrative actions they should not be able to. This vulnerability is due to insufficient access control checks on the affected device. An attacker with read-only privileges could exploit this vulnerability by executing a specific vulnerable command on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform a set of administrative actions they should not be able to.

Affected

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

14.0 ≤ v < 14su2
Affected range stops below 14su2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
14.0 ≤ v < 14.0su2
Affected range stops below 14.0su2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
14.0 ≤ v < 14su2
Affected range stops below 14su2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-284NVD-CWE-Other

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