CVE-2022-20676

Cisco IOS XE Software Tool Command Language Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Published Apr 15, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 5.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A vulnerability in the Tool Command Language (Tcl) interpreter of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate from privilege level 15 to root-level privileges. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of data that is passed into the Tcl interpreter. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by loading malicious Tcl code on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root. By default, Tcl shell access requires privilege level 15.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-25926 A vulnerability in the Tool Command Language (Tcl) interpreter of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate from privilege level 15 to root-level privileges. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of data that is passed into the Tcl interpreter. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by loading malicious Tcl code on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root. By default, Tcl shell access requires privilege level 15.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
cisco
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 6:54 PM
Reserved
Nov 2, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 15, 2022, 3:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:24 AM