CVE-2022-20738 is a critical vulnerability in the Cisco Umbrella Secure Web Gateway service that allows unauthenticated, remote attackers to bypass file inspection. This flaw, stemming from insufficient restrictions, enables an attacker to download malicious payloads by crafting specific download methods. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:umbrella_secure_web_gateway:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.