cvelistv5 - CVE-2022-20821

CVE-2022-20821

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published
2022-05-26 14:00
Modified
2024-10-29 16:11
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
Cisco IOS XR Software Health Check Open Port Vulnerability
References
▼	URL	Tags
	ykramarz@cisco.com	https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxr-redis-ABJyE5xK	Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
▼	Vendor	Product
	Cisco	Cisco IOS XR Software
CISA Known exploited vulnerability

Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2022-05-23
Due date: 2022-06-13
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Used in ransomware: Unknown
Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20821
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CVE-2022-20821

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

CISA Known exploited vulnerability

Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

gsd-2022-20821

Vulnerability from gsd

ghsa-6whc-cmc9-99q6

Vulnerability from github

cisco-sa-iosxr-redis-abjye5xk

Vulnerability from csaf_cisco

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