CVE-2022-20944
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-10-10 20:43
Modified
2024-11-01 18:49
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
Cisco IOS XE Software for Catalyst 9200 Series Switches Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ios-xe-cat-verify-D4NEQA6qVendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco IOS XE Software
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