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CVE-2022-20821

Cisco IOS XR Open Port Vulnerability

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 ⚠ CISA KEV EPSS 0.08836
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  • Listed on CISA KEV (known exploited in the wild)
  • SSVC exploitation status: active
  • EPSS percentile: top 7% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • SSVC automatable: yes - attacks can be scripted at scale
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Required Remediation

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Affected Products & Versions

1
cisco ios xrall versions

Scoring & Timeline

6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · psirt@cisco.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD26 May 2022 · 02:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
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Vendor Advisories

2
cisco-csafcisco-sa-iosxr-redis-ABJyE5xK
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
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