Cisco Ultra Cloud Core - Subscriber Microservices Infrastructure Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284.
Summary
A vulnerability in the Common Execution Environment (CEE) ConfD CLI of Cisco Ultra Cloud Core - Subscriber Microservices Infrastructure (SMI) software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient access control in the affected CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating as a CEE ConfD CLI user and executing a specific CLI command. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to access privileged containers with root privileges.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
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 Ultra Cloud Core - Subscriber Microservices Infrastructure | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Cisco Ultra Cloud Core - Subscriber Microservices Infrastructure VendorCisco Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ultra_cloud_core_-_subscriber_microservices_infrastructure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2020.02.2.0 to before 2020.02.2.47; 2020.02.6.0 to before 2020.02.7.07 | Vulnerable | Cisco |
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:ultra_cloud_core_-_subscriber_microservices_infrastructure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2020.02.2.0 to before 2020.02.2.47; 2020.02.6.0 to before 2020.02.7.07 Vulnerable ·Cisco
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-20762
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wxv8-vqc5-v4j2
References
Sources
- CVE-2022-20762 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-20762 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wxv8-vqc5-v4j2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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