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CVE-2022-20791
MEDIUM

Cisco Unified Communications Products Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability

Published Jul 6, 2022 · Updated Oct 23, 2026

Severity · CVSSMEDIUM · 6.5
Known exploitationNot listed
EPSS / likelihood1.52%
QFinch risk scoreNot available

Original summary

Normalized public record · Updated Oct 23, 2026

Cisco Unified Communications Products Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability

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QFinch assessment

A vulnerability in the database user privileges of Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME), and Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service (Unified CM IM&P) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to read arbitrary files on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient file permission restrictions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted command from the API to the application. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read arbitrary files on the underlying operating system of the affected device. The attacker would need valid user credentials to exploit this vulnerability.

Evidence: public source records

Affected products

Affected scope reported by the available public evidence
Affected package, product or rangeFix status
Consult the referenced vendor advisory for affected versions.Consult source advisory

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Remediation

Apply the vendor-supported fixed release or mitigation, then verify the affected component is no longer reachable.

  1. Confirm the affected product and reachable code path exist in your environment.
  2. Apply the vendor-supported patch or mitigation from the primary advisory.
  3. Rescan the exact deployed revision and retain verification evidence.
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Evidence coverage

CVENVDEPSS
SSVC priority
LOW
Confidence
Not available
Aliases
None reported

Scores appear only when corresponding evidence exists. Missing data is never interpreted as zero risk.

Sources and record history

  1. 20220706 Cisco Unified Communications Products Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability ↗

Record history

Published Jul 6, 2022 · Last refreshed Oct 23, 2026