Cisco Unified Communications Manager Path Traversal Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
A vulnerability in the Tool for Auto-Registered Phones Support (TAPS) of Cisco Unified Communications Manager (UCM) and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (SME) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct directory traversal attacks on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input to the TAPS interface of the affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the TAPS interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read arbitrary files in the system.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Unified Communications Manager | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Cisco Unified Communications Manager VendorCisco Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 5
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_communications_manager:10.5\(2.10000.5\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10.5(2.10000.5) | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_communications_manager:11.5\(1.10000.6\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 11.5(1.10000.6) | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_communications_manager:12.0\(1.10000.10\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 12.0(1.10000.10) | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_communications_manager:12.5\(1.10000.22\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 12.5(1.10000.22) | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_contact_center_express:12.0\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 12.0(1) | Vulnerable | Cisco |
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_communications_manager:10.5\(2.10000.5\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5(2.10000.5) Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_communications_manager:11.5\(1.10000.6\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.5(1.10000.6) Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_communications_manager:12.0\(1.10000.10\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.0(1.10000.10) Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_communications_manager:12.5\(1.10000.22\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.5(1.10000.22) Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_contact_center_express:12.0\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.0(1) Vulnerable ·Cisco
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-3177
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fpr9-pr9g-872c
References
More Cisco Unified Communications Manager vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-16259 Cisco Unified Communications Products Remote Code Execution Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-19919 Apache Log4j2 JNDI features do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-16423 Cisco Unified Communications Manager Server-Side Request Forgery Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2008-00019 Heap-based buffer overflow in the Certificate Trust List (CTL) Provider service… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2013-05779 The TFTP service in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (aka CUCM or Unified CM) allows… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
- TI-2011-02932 Directory traversal vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) 5.x and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2020-3177 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-3177 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fpr9-pr9g-872c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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