CVE-2022-20773
HIGHCisco Umbrella Virtual Appliance (VA) - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in the key-based SSH authentication mechanism of Cisco Umbrella Virtual Appliance (VA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to impersonate a VA. This vulnerability is due to the presence of a static SSH host key. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by performing a man-in-the-middle attack on an SSH connection to the Umbrella VA. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to learn the administrator credentials, change configurations, or reload the VA. Note: SSH is not enabled by default on the Umbrella VA.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-uva-static-key-6RQTRs4c
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0109
EPSS Percentile
61.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-321
CWE-798
Status
published
Products (1)
cisco/umbrella
< 3.3.2
Published
Apr 21, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026