CVE-2022-20929
A vulnerability in the upgrade signature verification of Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an…
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- cisco
Description
A vulnerability in the upgrade signature verification of Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to provide an unauthentic upgrade file for upload. This vulnerability is due to insufficient cryptographic signature verification of upgrade files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing an administrator with an unauthentic upgrade file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to fully compromise the Cisco NFVIS system.
Timeline
ID reserved
By cisco
- 16 months later
· 16 months later
Published
- 17 months later
· 17 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ciscoCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.19% · top 92% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
Cisco · Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software
- affected 3.5.1
- affected 3.5.2
- affected 3.6.1
- affected 3.6.2
- affected 3.6.3
- affected 3.7.1
- affected 3.8.1
- affected 3.9.1
- affected 3.9.2
- affected 3.10.1
- affected 3.10.2
- affected 3.10.3
- affected 3.11.1
- affected 3.11.2
- affected 3.11.3
- affected 3.12.1
- affected 3.12.2
- affected 3.12.3
- affected 3.12.1a
- affected 3.12.1b
- affected 4.1.1
- affected 4.1.2
- affected 4.2.1
- affected 4.4.2
- affected 4.4.1
- affected 4.5.1
- affected 4.6.1
- affected 4.6.2-FC3
- affected 4.6.2
- affected 4.6.3
- affected 4.7.1
- affected 4.8.1
- affected 4.9.1
What to do
Exploitation: The Cisco PSIRT is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory.
References (1)
- cisco-sa-NFVIS-ISV-BQrvEv2h (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2022-20929)Record last updated .