CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-20773

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.09%

61th percentile - higher than 61% of all known CVEs

Summary

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 issue is due to the presence of a static SSH host key.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by performing a man-in-the-middle attack on an SSH connection to the Umbrella VA, potentially leading to the disclosure of administrator credentials, configuration changes, or reloading the VA.

Recommendation

It is recommended to disable SSH on the Umbrella VA if not needed and to regularly update SSH host keys to minimize the risk of attack.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS