What is CVE-2022-20913?

CVE-2022-20913 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2022-07-22.

How severe is CVE-2022-20913?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Cisco Nexus Dashboard

CVE-2022-20913

A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to write arbitrary files on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation in the web-based management interface of Cisco Nexus Dashboard. An attacker with Administrator credentials could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a crafted file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on an affected device.

Published 2022-07-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.3% 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-ndb-afw-… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-20913?: CVE-2022-20913 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2022-07-22.
How severe is CVE-2022-20913?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.