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CVE-2022-20676

A vulnerability in the Tool Command Language (Tcl) interpreter of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate from privilege level 15 to root-level privileges. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of data that is passed into the Tcl interpreter. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by loading malicious Tcl code on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root. By default, Tcl shell access requires privilege level 15.

  • Published: Apr 15, 2022
  • Updated: Apr 14, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2022-20676
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.7
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.2
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
cisco / ios_xe 17.2.1 17.2.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.4.1 17.4.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.2.1a 17.2.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.2.1v 17.2.1v.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.2.1r 17.2.1r.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.2.2 17.2.2.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.1 17.3.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.4.1a 17.4.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.2 17.3.2.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.4.1b 17.4.1b.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.1a 17.3.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.2a 17.3.2a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.1w 17.3.1w.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.2.3 17.2.3.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.1x 17.3.1x.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.5.1 17.5.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.1z2 16.12.1z2.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.1z 17.3.1z.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.3 17.3.3.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.3a 17.3.3a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.4.1c 17.4.1c.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.5.1a 17.5.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.4a 17.3.4a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.4.2 17.4.2.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.4b 17.3.4b.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.4c 17.3.4c.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.4.2a 17.4.2a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.3.4 17.3.4.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.5.1c 17.5.1c.x