CVE-2022-20721 Cisco IOx Application Hosting Environment Vulnerabilities

Medium 5.5 Published 15 Apr 2022 Updated 17 Sep 2024

Attackers can inject commands to execute code on the host OS or install unauthorized applications in Cisco IOx environments.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2022-20721?

CVE-2022-20721 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xe, published on 15 Apr 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple vulnerabilities in the Cisco IOx application hosting environment on multiple Cisco platforms could allow an attacker to inject arbitrary commands into the underlying host operating system, execute arbitrary code on the underlying host operating system, install applications without being authenticated, or conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the affected software. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-20721?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Ios Xe.

How do I fix CVE-2022-20721?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-20721 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2022-20721 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-20721 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Cisco Ios Xe vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7xxw-22f3-9pq3.