CVE-2022-20762 Cisco Ultra Cloud Core - Subscriber Microservices Infrastructure Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
An authenticated local attacker can escalate privileges to root on Cisco Ultra Cloud Core SMI devices via insufficient access control in the ConfD CLI.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-20762?
CVE-2022-20762 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Ultra Cloud Core - Subscriber Microservices Infrastructure, published on 6 Apr 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the Common Execution Environment (CEE) ConfD CLI of Cisco Ultra Cloud Core - Subscriber Microservices Infrastructure (SMI) software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient access control in the affected CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating as a CEE ConfD CLI user and executing a specific CLI command. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to access privileged containers with root privileges.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-20762?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ultra Cloud Core - Subscriber Microservices Infrastructure.
How do I fix CVE-2022-20762?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-20762 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-20762 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-20762 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wxv8-vqc5-v4j2.