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CVE-2022-20828

62
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-20828 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting the CLI parser of Cisco FirePOWER Software for Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) FirePOWER modules. It allows an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative access to the Cisco ASA to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system due to improper handling of command parameters. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2 (High) and an EPSS score indicating a higher-than-average likelihood of exploitation, with a FAUCET Risk Score of 98/100. While not actively exploited in the wild (KEV: No), a Metasploit module exists, and it has garnered community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 6.2.3.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_firepower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.3.0, < 6.4.0.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_firepower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.5.0, < 6.6.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_firepower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.7.0, < 7.0.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:asa_firepower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
48.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Cisco ASA-X with FirePOWER Services Authenticated Command Injection · Jun 22, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4831 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 5,531 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 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

packetstormsecurity.com / files/168256/Cisco-ASA-X-With-FirePOWER-Services-Authenticated-Command-Injection.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory
tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asasfr-cmd-inject-PE4GfdG
Vendor Advisory
rapid7.com / blog/post/2022/08/11/rapid7-discovered-vulnerabilities-in-cisco-asa-asdm-and-firepower-services-software
ExploitThird Party Advisory