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Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2022-20773 – Umbrella Virtual Appliance for VMWare ESXi and Hyper-V Vulnerability

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

CVE-2022-20773

Umbrella Virtual Appliance for VMWare ESXi and Hyper-V could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the use of a static SSH host key. By performing a man-in-the-middle attack on an SSH connection, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain the administrator credentials, change configurations, or reload the VA.

Impact

Security Bypass

Indicators Of Compromise

CVE

CVE-2022-20773

Affected Vendors

Cisco

Affected Products

  • Cisco Umbrella Virtual Appliance for VMWare ESXi 3.3
  • Cisco Umbrella Virtual Appliance for Hyper-V 3.3

Remediation

Refer to Cisco Security Advisory for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information.

Cisco Security Advisor

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