CVE-2022-20858: Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands, read or upload container image…

PriorityP260critical9.8CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

1.29%

70.0th percentile

Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands, read or upload container image files, or perform a cross-site request forgery attack. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
cisco	cisco_nexus_dashboard	—	—
cisco	nexus_dashboard	>= 2.0 < 2.2\(1e\)	2.2\(1e\)
cisco	nexus_dashboard_unauthorized_access	—	—

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

→Unauthenticated remote attacker can read or upload container image files on Cisco Nexus Dashboard — monitor for unexpected unauthenticated HTTP requests targeting container image endpoints ↗
→Vulnerability is rooted in missing authentication for critical function (CWE-306) — alert on unauthenticated access to sensitive Nexus Dashboard API/service endpoints that normally require authentication ↗
→Track Cisco bug IDs CSCwa75451, CSCwa93560, CSCwb24518 for patch status and vendor threat intelligence updates related to this CVE ↗

·No workarounds are available for these vulnerabilities — patching via Cisco software updates is the only remediation path ↗

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

vendor_cisco9.8CRITICAL

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