CVE-2022-20665

MEDIUM

Cisco StarOS - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco StarOS could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted commands to the CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the root user. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to have valid administrative credentials on an affected device.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 6.0
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 29.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-77
Status published
Products (1)
cisco/staros < 21.22.n6
Published Apr 06, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026