CVE-2022-20864

mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.003 · 21 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.29% (21st) EPSS

CVSS 4.6 · medium

Is it mine?

8 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cisco_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability in the password-recovery disable feature of Cisco IOS XE ROM Monitor (ROMMON) Software for Cisco Catalyst Switches could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to recover the configuration or reset the enable password. This vulnerability is due to a problem with the file and boot variable permissions in ROMMON. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by rebooting the switch into ROMMON and entering specific commands through the console. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read any file or reset the enable password.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

FixedCisco IOS XE Softwarecisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.14.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.9 · impact 3.6

v3.14.6mediumAV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.14.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.14.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · psirt@cisco.com USexploitability 0.9 · impact 3.6

v3.14.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.14.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · Cisco PSIRT US

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-538USCWE-538US

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Cisco Cisco IOS XE Softwareall versionscisco_csafUS
Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Cisco Systems Inc. Cisco IOS ROM Monitor≤ 17.8.1rfstec_bduRU
Cisco Systems Inc. Cisco IOS ROM Monitor≤ 5.08fstec_bduRU
Cisco Systems Inc. Cisco IOS XE≤ 17.8.1fstec_bduRU
Cisco Systems Inc. Cisco IOS XE≤ 17.6.3fstec_bduRU
Cisco Systems Inc. Cisco IOS XE≤ 16.12.7fstec_bduRU
cisco ios xe rom monitorall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe_rom_monitor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

cisco-sa-iosxe-info-disc-nrORXjOCisco IOS XE ROM Monitor Software for Catalyst Switches Information Disclosure Vulnerability2022-09-28csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in the password-recovery disable feature of Cisco IOS XE ROM Monitor (ROMMON) Software for Cisco Catalyst Switches could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to recover the configuration or reset the enable password. This vulnerability is due to a problem with the file and boot variable permissions in ROMMON. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by rebooting the switch into ROMMON and entering specific commands through the console. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read any file or reset the enable password. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cisco_csaf nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-10-10modified 2026-06-17

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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