CVE-2022-20855 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Cisco IOS XE Software for Embedded Wireless Controllers on Catalyst Access Points. It allows an authenticated, local attacker with privilege level 15 credentials to escape the restricted controller shell and execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system. This is due to improper checks during the self-healing functionality's restart of system processes. While the CVSS score is 6.7, indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, there is currently no public exploit code available, and it is not being actively exploited. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
17.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
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