CVE-2022-20962

highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.010 · 64 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.03% (64th) EPSS

CVSS 8.8 · high

Is it mine?

6 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 Localdisk Management feature of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to make unauthorized changes to the file system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request with absolute path sequences. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to upload malicious files to arbitrary locations within the file system. Using this method, it is possible to access the underlying operating system and execute commands with system privileges.

remediations

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

A vendor fix is available.

FixedCisco Identity Services Engine 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.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 3.8–8.8

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.8highAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.13.8lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.13.8lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · psirt@cisco.com USexploitability 1.2 · impact 2.5

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.13.8lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · Cisco PSIRT US

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimaryCWE-22USCWE-37USCWE-37US

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Cisco Cisco Identity Services Engine Softwareall versionscisco_csafUS
Cisco Cisco Identity Services Engine Software≤ 3.1.0enisa_euvdEU
Cisco Cisco Identity Services Engine Software≤ 3.1.0 p1enisa_euvdEU
Cisco Cisco Identity Services Engine Software≤ 3.1.0 p3enisa_euvdEU
Cisco Systems Inc. Cisco Identity Services Engine3.1 → 3.1p4fstec_bduRU
cisco identity services engine= 3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:identity_services_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

cisco-sa-ise-path-trav-f6M7cs6rCisco Identity Services Engine Path Traversal Vulnerability2022-11-02csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in the Localdisk Management feature of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to make unauthorized changes to the file system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request with absolute path sequences. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to upload malicious files to arbitrary locations within the file system. Using this method, it is possible to access the underlying operating system and execute commands with system privileges. 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 2022-11-04modified 2026-06-17

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references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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