🛡️ CVE-2022-20789 — unified-communications-manager

🟡 CVSS 4.9 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-73 NVD
4.9
CVSS Score
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Description

A vulnerability in the software upgrade process of Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to write arbitrary files on the affected system. This vulnerability is due to improper restrictions applied to a system script. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using crafted variables during the execution of a system upgrade. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite or append arbitrary data to system files using root-level privileges.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-20789 is classified as CWE-73: External Control of File Name or Path. A caller can influence which file the application opens or writes, extending an operation to files that were never meant to be reachable.

Affected software

CVE-2022-20789 is recorded against 1 package.

  • unified-communications-manager

Timeline and source

Published on 21 April 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

tools.cisco.com
tools.cisco.com

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 4.9
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE CWE-73
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2022-04-21
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
unified-communications-manager

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