What is CVE-2022-20736?

CVE-2022-20736 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Appdynamics Controller, classified under CWE-939. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-06-15.

How severe is CVE-2022-20736?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Cisco Appdynamics Controller

CVE-2022-20736

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco AppDynamics Controller Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access a configuration file and the login page for an administrative console that they would not normally have authorization to access. This vulnerability is due to improper authorization checking for HTTP requests that are submitted to the affected web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected instance of AppDynamics Controller. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access the login page for an administrative console. AppDynamics has released software updates that address this vulnerability.

Published 2022-06-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.011 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-appd-con… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-20736?: CVE-2022-20736 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Appdynamics Controller, classified under CWE-939. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-06-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-20736?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.