# CVE-2022-20914: Cisco Identity Services Engine Sensitive Information Disclosure Vulnerability

> An authenticated attacker can obtain sensitive administrative credentials via verbose API responses in Cisco ISE, requiring valid ERS credentials.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:** 10 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 1 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-72c9-6vxw-8h9h

## What is CVE-2022-20914?

CVE-2022-20914 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Identity Services Engine, published on 10 Aug 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the External RESTful Services (ERS) API of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. This vulnerability is due to excessive verbosity in a specific REST API output. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information, including administrative credentials for an external authentication server. Note: To successfully exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid ERS administrative credentials.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials), CWE-549 (Missing Password Field Masking)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-20914?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Identity Services Engine.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-20914?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-20914 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-20914 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-20914 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Identity Services Engine

- [CVE-2026-76460](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-76460/): Cisco Identity Services Engine Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-20337](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20337/): Cisco Identity Services Engine Injection (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-20281](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20281/): Cisco Identity Services Engine Injection (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-20130](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20130/): Cisco Identity Services Engine Hardening Release - Improper Neutralization Vulnerabilities (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-20192](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20192/): Cisco Identity Services Engine Hardening Release - Access Control Vulnerabilities (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-20914 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-20914 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Identity Services Engine, published on 10 Aug 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-20914 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Identity Services Engine. 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-2022-20914/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-20914/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-20914
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20914
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-20914

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-20914/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.