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CVE-2022-20821 · netVigilance record NV22-0372

Cisco IOS XR Open Port

past due

What to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA deadline 2022-06-13 · passed 4 years 2 months ago · applies to US federal civilian agencies; used elsewhere as a reference SLA

What happened

Cisco IOS XR software health check opens TCP port 6379 by default on activation. An attacker can connect to the Redis instance on the open port and allow access to the Redis instance that is running within the NOSi container.

Who is affected

Cisco IOS XR. Affected version ranges are listed in the vendor advisory and the NVD entry linked under Sources.

Weakness class: CWE-923.

Timeline

  1. Added to CISA KEVExploitation in the wild confirmed by CISA
  2. CISA remediation deadlinepassed 4 years 2 months ago

Sources