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.

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.

EPSS: 0.003 (20.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-538 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory

References

psirt@cisco.com (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.