# CVE-2022-20939: Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

> An authenticated attacker can access sensitive logs to elevate privileges to System Admin in Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-497w-6wcv-pw45

## What is CVE-2022-20939?

CVE-2022-20939 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem, published on 15 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges on an affected system.
This vulnerability is due to inadequate protection of sensitive user information. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by accessing certain logs on an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to use the obtained information to elevate privileges to System Admin.Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-922 (Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-20939?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem, Cisco Smart Software Manager Satellite.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-20939?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-20939 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-20939 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-20939 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem

- [CVE-2024-20419](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20419/): Auth bypass in Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-20160](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20160/): Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-3158](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3158/): Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem Static Default Credential Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-3443](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3443/): Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-16029](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16029/): Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem Web Interface Denial of Service Vulnerability (high 8.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-20939 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-20939 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem, published on 15 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-20939 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem. 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-2022-20939/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-20939/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-20939
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20939
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-20939

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-20939/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.