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CVE-2022-20805

Cisco Umbrella Secure Web Gateway File Decryption Bypass Vulnerability

4.1 Medium

A vulnerability in the automatic decryption process in Cisco Umbrella Secure Web Gateway (SWG) could allow an authenticated, adjacent attacker to bypass the SSL decryption and content filtering policies on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to how the decryption function uses the TLS Sever Name Indication (SNI) extension of an HTTP request to discover the destination domain and determine if the request needs to be decrypted. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request over TLS from a client to an unknown or controlled URL. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to bypass the decryption process of Cisco Umbrella SWG and allow malicious content to be downloaded to a host on a protected network. There are workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.18%Down 0.7 points since Apr 22, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 4.1

Cisco Umbrella Secure Web Gateway File Decryption Bypass Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the automatic decryption process in Cisco Umbrella Secure Web Gateway (SWG) could allow an authenticated, adjacent attacker to bypass the SSL decryption and content filtering policies on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to how the decryption function uses the TLS Sever Name Indication (SNI) extension of an HTTP request to discover the destination domain and determine if the request needs to be decrypted. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request over TLS from a client to an unknown or controlled URL. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to bypass the decryption process of Cisco Umbrella SWG and allow malicious content to be downloaded to a host on a protected network. There are workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Record
CVE-2022-20805
CVSS 3.1
4.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-693
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-26055 4.1

A vulnerability in the automatic decryption process in Cisco Umbrella Secure Web Gateway (SWG) could allow an authenticated, adjacent attacker to bypass the SSL decryption and content filtering policies on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to how the decryption function uses the TLS Sever Name Indication (SNI) extension of an HTTP request to discover the destination domain and determine if the request needs to be decrypted. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request over TLS from a client to an unknown or controlled URL. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to bypass the decryption process of Cisco Umbrella SWG and allow malicious content to be downloaded to a host on a protected network. There are workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Record
EUVD-2022-26055
CVSS 3.1
4.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5j9q-qmpc-xr4h 4.1

A vulnerability in the automatic decryption process in Cisco Umbrella Secure Web Gateway (SWG)...

A vulnerability in the automatic decryption process in Cisco Umbrella Secure Web Gateway (SWG) could allow an authenticated, adjacent attacker to bypass the SSL decryption and content filtering policies on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to how the decryption function uses the TLS Sever Name Indication (SNI) extension of an HTTP request to discover the destination domain and determine if the request needs to be decrypted. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request over TLS from a client to an unknown or controlled URL. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to bypass the decryption process of Cisco Umbrella SWG and allow malicious content to be downloaded to a host on a protected network. There are workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Record
GHSA-5j9q-qmpc-xr4h
CVSS 3.1
4.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-327, CWE-693
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 4.1

A vulnerability in the automatic decryption process in Cisco Umbrella Secure Web Gateway (SWG) could allow an authenticated, adjacent attacker to bypass the SSL decryption and content filtering policies on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to how the decryption function uses the TLS Sever Name Indication (SNI) extension of an HTTP request to discover the destination domain and determine if the request needs to be decrypted. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request over TLS from a client to an unknown or controlled URL. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to bypass the decryption process of Cisco Umbrella SWG and allow malicious content to be downloaded to a host on a protected network. There are workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Record
CVE-2022-20805
CVSS 3.1
4.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0
2.7 LowAV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-693, CWE-327
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliases, publishedEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2022-20805 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.1) in Cisco Umbrella Secure Web Gateway, published April 21, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.18%, the 7th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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