CVE-2022-20821 KEV
Patch first
On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-06-13.
Description
A vulnerability in the health check RPM of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access the Redis instance that is running within the NOSi container. This vulnerability exists because the health check RPM opens TCP port 6379 by default upon activation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the Redis instance on the open port. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to write to the Redis in-memory database, write arbitrary files to the container filesystem, and retrieve information about the Redis database. Given the configuration of the sandboxed container that the Redis instance runs in, a remote attacker would be unable to execute remote code or abuse the integrity of the Cisco IOS XR Software host system.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.5 (MEDIUM, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| EPSS | 11.47% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-200 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2022-06-13 |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2022-05-26 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
CISA KEV
| Name | Cisco IOS XR Open Port Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2022-05-23 |
| Due | 2022-06-13 |
| Vendor / product | Cisco / IOS XR |
| Ransomware use | none reported |
Affected (28)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| cisco | 8201 |
| cisco | 8202 |
| cisco | 8208 |
| cisco | 8212 |
| cisco | 8218 |
| cisco | ios xr |
| cisco | ncs 1001 |
| cisco | ncs 1002 |
| cisco | ncs 1004 |
| cisco | ncs 5001 |
| cisco | ncs 5002 |
| cisco | ncs 5501-se |
| cisco | ncs 5502-se |
| cisco | ncs 5504 |
| cisco | ncs 5508 |
| cisco | ncs 5516 |
| cisco | ncs 55a1 |
| cisco | ncs 55a2 |
| cisco | ncs-55a1-24h |
| cisco | ncs-55a1-24q6h-s |
| cisco | ncs-55a1-36h-s |
| cisco | ncs-55a1-36h-se |
| cisco | ncs-55a1-36h-se-s |
| cisco | ncs-55a2-mod-hd-s |
| cisco | ncs-55a2-mod-hx-s |
| cisco | ncs-55a2-mod-s |
| cisco | ncs-55a2-mod-se-h-s |
| cisco | ncs-55a2-mod-se-s |
References
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