CVE-2022-20676
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-04-15 14:16
Modified
2024-09-16 18:54
Severity ?
5.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Summary
Cisco IOS XE Software Tool Command Language Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxe-priv-esc-grbtubUVendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software
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