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TI-2022-05223 Aliases CVE-2022-20664GHSA-33hj-36q7-m72x

Cisco Email Security Appliance and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Priority LOW 36CWE-497Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
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 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-497.

Summary

A vulnerability in the web management interface of Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, formerly Cisco Security Management Appliance (SMA), and Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to retrieve sensitive information from a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) external authentication server connected to an affected device. This vulnerability is due to a lack of proper input sanitization while querying the external authentication server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted query through an external authentication web page. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain access to sensitive information, including user credentials from the external authentication server. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need valid operator-level (or higher) credentials.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0105 64th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
CiscoCisco Email Security Appliance (ESA)all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) VendorCisco Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 14.0.2-020VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_email_and_web_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 13.6.2-090; 14.1 to before 14.1.0-227VulnerableCisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 14.0.2-020 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_email_and_web_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 13.6.2-090; 14.1 to before 14.1.0-227 Vulnerable ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-20664
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-33hj-36q7-m72x

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2022-05357 Cisco Email Security Appliance and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager External Authentication Bypass Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-01567 Cisco Email Security Appliance Denial of Service Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2018-00378 Improper input validation in Cisco Email Security Appliance CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2020-02695 Cisco Email Security Appliance Content Filter Bypass Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-01541 Cisco Email Security Appliance Content Filter Bypass Vulnerability CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-01553 Cisco Email Security Appliance Content Filter Bypass Vulnerability CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.4
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Sources

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