What is CVE-2022-20665?

CVE-2022-20665 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2022-04-06.

How severe is CVE-2022-20665?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.

RCE in Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software

CVE-2022-20665

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco StarOS could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.001 (29.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

20220303 Cisco StarOS Command Injection Vulnerability (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-20665?: CVE-2022-20665 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Asr 5000 Series Software, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2022-04-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-20665?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.