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CVE-2022-20829

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-20829 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software. It allows an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative privileges to upload a malicious Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM) image due to insufficient authenticity validation. This can lead to arbitrary code execution on a targeted user's machine when they access the device via ASDM. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2 (High) with a network attack vector and low attack complexity, but requires high privileges. A successful exploit grants high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV listing. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, indicating low public awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 9.18.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:isa_3000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 9.18.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asa_5585-x_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 9.18.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asa_5512-x_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 9.18.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asa_5515-x_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 7.18.1.150CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:adaptive_security_device_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0321 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 5,531 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

github.com / jbaines-r7/theway
ExploitThird Party Advisory
tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asa-asdm-sig-NPKvwDjm
Vendor Advisory
rapid7.com / blog/post/2022/08/11/rapid7-discovered-vulnerabilities-in-cisco-asa-asdm-and-firepower-services-software
ExploitThird Party Advisory