CVE-2022-20821
Cisco IOS XR: Open Port
As of , CVE-2022-20821 in Cisco IOS XR is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 23 May 2022
- US federal deadline
- 13 June 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.11Higher than 95% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- No score that dayThe EPSS file of the day CISA listed it has no score for it.
- Public exploit
- None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
Cisco IOS XR software health check opens TCP port 6379 by default on activation. An attacker can connect to the Redis instance on the open port and allow access to the Redis instance that is running within the NOSi container.
CISA's description
A vulnerability in the health check RPM of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access the Redis instance that is running within the NOSi container. This vulnerability exists because the health check RPM opens TCP port 6379 by default upon activation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the Redis instance on the open port. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to write to the Redis in-memory database, write arbitrary files to the container filesystem, and retrieve information about the Redis database. Given the configuration of the sandboxed container that the Redis instance runs in, a remote attacker would be unable to execute remote code or abuse the integrity of the Cisco IOS XR Software host system.
The CVE record's description, from cisco
- CVE published
- 26 May 2022
- Assigned by
- cisco
- CVSS
- 6.5 Medium (CVSS 3.1, from the CNA)
- CWE-200
- Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
- CWE-923
- Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- yes
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- partial
Timeline
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The CVE record was published.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
IOS XR: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-3118Software Discovery Protocol Format String | Cisco IOS XR | Patch soon | 0.12 | ||
| CVE-2010-3035Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Denial-of-Service | Cisco IOS XR | Patch soon | 0.06 | ||
| CVE-2020-3566Software DVMRP Memory Exhaustion | Cisco IOS XR | Patch soon | 0.04 | ||
| CVE-2009-2055Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Denial-of-Service | Cisco IOS XR | Patch soon | 0.03 | ||
| CVE-2020-3569Software DVMRP Memory Exhaustion | Cisco IOS XR | Patch soon | 0.03 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org