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TI-2022-05234 Aliases CVE-2022-20675GHSA-hw6v-rjm4-5m34

Multiple Cisco Security Products Simple Network Management Protocol Service Denial of Service Vulnerability

Priority LOW 33CWE-248Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Low
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-248.

Summary

A vulnerability in the TCP/IP stack of Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA), Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA), and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, formerly Security Management Appliance, could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to crash the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) service, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to an open port listener on TCP port 199. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to TCP port 199. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to crash the SNMP service, resulting in a DoS condition.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01292 70th 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
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

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

CPE configurations NVD · 6

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*14.0 to before 14.02.0-020VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:email_security_appliance:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*12.5 to before 14.1.0-239VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:secure_email_and_web_manager:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*12.0 to before 14.0.2-012VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:web_security_appliance:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onCisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 14.0 to before 14.02.0-020 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:h:cisco:email_security_appliance:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.5 to before 14.1.0-239 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:h:cisco:secure_email_and_web_manager:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.0 to before 14.0.2-012 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:h:cisco:web_security_appliance:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-20675
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hw6v-rjm4-5m34

References

  • TI-2026-74174 Arbitrary file write in Cisco Secure Email Gateway via AMP feature KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-53489 Cisco Secure Email Gateway SQL Injection Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-14683 Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager Remote Command Execution Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2021-13698 Cisco Web Security Appliance Proxy Service Denial of Service Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2018-11020 Cisco Email Security Appliance URL Filtering Denial of Service Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2019-01567 Cisco Email Security Appliance Denial of Service Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
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