CVE-2022-20805 Cisco Umbrella Secure Web Gateway File Decryption Bypass Vulnerability

Medium 4.1 Published Updated

An authenticated adjacent attacker can bypass SSL decryption and content filtering in Cisco Umbrella SWG by crafting TLS requests with specific SNI extensions.

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-2022-20805?

CVE-2022-20805 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Umbrella Insights Virtual Appliance, published on 21 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 automatic decryption process in Cisco Umbrella Secure Web Gateway (SWG) could allow an authenticated, adjacent attacker to bypass the SSL decryption and content filtering policies on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to how the decryption function uses the TLS Sever Name Indication (SNI) extension of an HTTP request to discover the destination domain and determine if the request needs to be decrypted. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request over TLS from a client to an unknown or controlled URL. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to bypass the decryption process of Cisco Umbrella SWG and allow malicious content to be downloaded to a host on a protected network. There are workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-327, CWE-693

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-20805?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Umbrella Secure Web Gateway.

How do I fix CVE-2022-20805?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-20805 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-20805 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-20805 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5j9q-qmpc-xr4h.

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