# CVE-2022-20652: Cisco Tetration Command Injection Vulnerability

> Authenticated remote attackers with admin credentials can inject commands to execute code with root privileges on Cisco Tetration.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 19 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f2mp-jf9g-wxgx

## What is CVE-2022-20652?

CVE-2022-20652 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Secure Workload, published on 15 Nov 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface and in the API subsystem of Cisco Tetration could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands to be executed with root-level privileges on the underlying operating system.
This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted HTTP message to the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands with root-level privileges. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need valid administrator-level credentials.Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-20652?


## How do I fix CVE-2022-20652?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-20652 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-20652 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-20652 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-20652 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-20652 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Secure Workload, published on 15 Nov 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-20652 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Secure Workload. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-20652/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-20652/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-20652
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20652
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-20652

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-20652/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.