What is CVE-2022-20865?

CVE-2022-20865 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System (Fxos), classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2022-08-25.

How severe is CVE-2022-20865?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-20865 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System (Fxos)

CVE-2022-20865

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco FXOS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject arbitrary commands that are executed with root privileges. The attacker would need to have Administrator privileges on the device. Thi…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.002 (44.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System (Fxos) — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

karimhabush/cyberowl

References

20220824 Cisco FXOS Software Command Injection Vulnerability (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-20865?: CVE-2022-20865 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Extensible Operating System (Fxos), classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2022-08-25.
How severe is CVE-2022-20865?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-20865 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.