CVE-2022-20824
Cisco FXOS and NX-OS Software Cisco Discovery Protocol Denial of Service and Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol feature of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation of specific values that are within a Cisco Discovery Protocol message. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious Cisco Discovery Protocol packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges or cause the Cisco Discovery Protocol process to crash and restart multiple times, which would cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition. Note: Cisco Discovery Protocol is a Layer 2 protocol. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must be in the same broadcast domain as the affected device (Layer 2 adjacent).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
8.8
Cisco FXOS and NX-OS Software Cisco Discovery Protocol Denial of Service and Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol feature of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation of specific values that are within a Cisco Discovery Protocol message. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious Cisco Discovery Protocol packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges or cause the Cisco Discovery Protocol process to crash and restart multiple times, which would cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition. Note: Cisco Discovery Protocol is a Layer 2 protocol. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must be in the same broadcast domain as the affected device (Layer 2 adjacent).
- Record
CVE-2022-20824- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-121
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-26074
8.8
A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol feature of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation of specific values that are within a Cisco Discovery Protocol message. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious Cisco Discovery Protocol packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges or cause the Cisco Discovery Protocol process to crash and restart multiple times, which would cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition. Note: Cisco Discovery Protocol is a Layer 2 protocol. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must be in the same broadcast domain as the affected device (Layer 2 adjacent).
- Record
EUVD-2022-26074- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4h78-xq9p-vv4g
8.8
A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol feature of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco NX-OS...
A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol feature of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation of specific values that are within a Cisco Discovery Protocol message. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious Cisco Discovery Protocol packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges or cause the Cisco Discovery Protocol process to crash and restart multiple times, which would cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition. Note: Cisco Discovery Protocol is a Layer 2 protocol. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must be in the same broadcast domain as the affected device (Layer 2 adjacent).
- Record
GHSA-4h78-xq9p-vv4g- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
8.8
A vulnerability in the Cisco Discovery Protocol feature of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation of specific values that are within a Cisco Discovery Protocol message. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious Cisco Discovery Protocol packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges or cause the Cisco Discovery Protocol process to crash and restart multiple times, which would cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition. Note: Cisco Discovery Protocol is a Layer 2 protocol. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must be in the same broadcast domain as the affected device (Layer 2 adjacent).
- Record
CVE-2022-20824- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-121, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- cisco nx-os software
- cisco mds 9506 firmware
- cisco mds 9513 firmware
- cisco mds 9706 firmware
- cisco mds 9710 firmware
- cisco mds 9718 firmware
- cisco nexus 1000v firmware
- cisco nexus 3016 firmware
- cisco nexus 3016q firmware
- cisco nexus 3048 firmware
- cisco nexus 3064-32t firmware
- cisco nexus 3064-t firmware
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- cisco nexus 3064-x firmware
- cisco nexus 3064 firmware
- cisco nexus 3064t firmware
- cisco nexus 3064x firmware
- cisco nexus 3100-v firmware
- cisco nexus 3100-z firmware
- cisco nexus 3100 firmware
- cisco nexus 3100v firmware
- cisco nexus 31108pc-v firmware
- cisco nexus 31108pv-v firmware
- cisco nexus 31108tc-v firmware
- cisco nexus 31128pq firmware
- cisco nexus 3132c-z firmware
- cisco nexus 3132q-v firmware
- cisco nexus 3132q-x\/3132q-xl firmware
- cisco nexus 3132q-x firmware
- cisco nexus 3132q-xl firmware
- cisco nexus 3132q firmware
- cisco nexus 3164q firmware
- cisco nexus 3172 firmware
- cisco nexus 3172pq-xl firmware
- cisco nexus 3172pq\/pq-xl firmware
- cisco nexus 3172pq firmware
- cisco nexus 3172tq-32t firmware
- cisco nexus 3172tq-xl firmware
- cisco nexus 3172tq firmware
- cisco nexus 3200 firmware
- cisco nexus 3232c firmware
- cisco nexus 3232c firmware
- cisco nexus 3264c-e firmware
- cisco nexus 3264q firmware
- cisco nexus 3400 firmware
- cisco nexus 3408-s firmware
- cisco nexus 34180yc firmware
- cisco nexus 34200yc-sm firmware
- cisco nexus 3432d-s firmware
- cisco nexus 3464c firmware
- cisco nexus 3524-x\/xl firmware
- cisco nexus 3524-x firmware
- cisco nexus 3524-xl firmware
- cisco nexus 3524 firmware
- cisco nexus 3548-x\/xl firmware
- cisco nexus 3548-x firmware
- cisco nexus 3548-xl firmware
- cisco nexus 3548 firmware
- cisco nexus 36180yc-r firmware
- cisco nexus 3636c-r firmware
- cisco nexus 5548p firmware
- cisco nexus 5548up firmware
- cisco nexus 5596t firmware
- cisco nexus 5596up firmware
- cisco nexus 5600 firmware
- cisco nexus 56128p firmware
- cisco nexus 5624q firmware
- cisco nexus 5648q firmware
- cisco nexus 5672up-16g firmware
- cisco nexus 5672up firmware
- cisco nexus 5696q firmware
- cisco nexus 6000 firmware
- cisco nexus 6001 firmware
- cisco nexus 6001p firmware
- cisco nexus 6001t firmware
- cisco nexus 6004 firmware
- cisco nexus 6004x firmware
- cisco nexus 7000 firmware
- cisco nexus 7000 supervisor 1 firmware
- cisco nexus 7000 supervisor 2 firmware
- cisco nexus 7000 supervisor 2e firmware
- cisco nexus 7004 firmware
- cisco nexus 7009 firmware
- cisco nexus 7010 firmware
- cisco nexus 7018 firmware
- cisco nexus 7700 firmware
- cisco nexus 7700 supervisor 2e firmware
- cisco nexus 7700 supervisor 3e firmware
- cisco nexus 7702 firmware
- cisco nexus 7706 firmware
- cisco nexus 7710 firmware
- cisco nexus 7718 firmware
- cisco nexus 9000 firmware
- cisco nexus 9000v firmware
- cisco nexus 9200 firmware
- cisco nexus 92160yc-x firmware
- cisco nexus 9221c firmware
- cisco nexus 92300yc firmware
- cisco nexus 92304qc firmware
- cisco nexus 92348gc-x firmware
- cisco nexus 9236c firmware
- cisco nexus 9272q firmware
- cisco nexus 9300 firmware
- cisco nexus 93108tc-ex-24 firmware
- cisco nexus 93108tc-ex firmware
- cisco nexus 93108tc-fx-24 firmware
- cisco nexus 93108tc-fx3p firmware
- cisco nexus 93108tc-fx firmware
- cisco nexus 93120tx firmware
- cisco nexus 93128 firmware
- cisco nexus 93128tx firmware
- cisco nexus 9316d-gx firmware
- cisco nexus 93180lc-ex firmware
- cisco nexus 93180tc-ex firmware
- cisco nexus 93180yc-ex-24 firmware
- cisco nexus 93180yc-ex firmware
- cisco nexus 93180yc-fx-24 firmware
- cisco nexus 93180yc-fx3 firmware
- cisco nexus 93180yc-fx3s firmware
- cisco nexus 93180yc-fx firmware
- cisco nexus 93216tc-fx2 firmware
- cisco nexus 93240yc-fx2 firmware
- cisco nexus 9332c firmware
- cisco nexus 9332pq firmware
- cisco nexus 93360yc-fx2 firmware
- cisco nexus 9336c-fx2-e firmware
- cisco nexus 9336c-fx2 firmware
- cisco nexus 9336pq firmware
- cisco nexus 9348gc-fxp firmware
- cisco nexus 93600cd-gx firmware
- cisco nexus 9364c-gx firmware
- cisco nexus 9364c firmware
- cisco nexus 9372px-e firmware
- cisco nexus 9372px firmware
- cisco nexus 9372tx-e firmware
- cisco nexus 9372tx firmware
- cisco nexus 9396px firmware
- cisco nexus 9396tx firmware
- cisco nexus 9500 supervisor a\+ firmware
- cisco nexus 9500 supervisor a firmware
- cisco nexus 9500 supervisor b\+ firmware
- cisco nexus 9500 supervisor b firmware
- cisco nexus 9500r firmware
- cisco nexus 9504 firmware
- cisco nexus 9508 firmware
- cisco nexus 9516 firmware
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-20824 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Cisco Nx-os Software, published August 25, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. No source names a fixed version.