Information disclosure in Cisco Catalyst 3650
CVE-2022-20864
A vulnerability in the password-recovery disable feature of Cisco IOS XE ROM Monitor (ROMMON) Software for Cisco Catalyst Switches could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to recover the configuration or reset the enable password. This vulnerability is due to a problem with the file and boot variable permissions in ROMMON. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by rebooting the switch into ROMMON and entering specific commands through the console. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read any file or reset the enable password.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (21.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 21.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxe-in… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-20864?
- CVE-2022-20864 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst 3650, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2022-10-10.
- How severe is CVE-2022-20864?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.