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CVE-2022-20653

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-20653 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the DANE email verification component of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit insufficient error handling in DNS name resolution by sending specially crafted email messages. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, leading to a complete loss of availability for the affected device. While there are no public exploit codes or active exploitation reported, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness among threat actors.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 13.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 13.5.0, < 13.5.4.102CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 14.0, < 14.0.2.020CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0183 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-esa-dos-MxZvGtgU
Vendor Advisory