CVE-2022-20805

Content-filter bypass via trusted TLS SNI

Published Apr 21, 2022 · Updated Nov 6, 2024

Policy bypass in Cisco Umbrella Secure Web Gateway allows remote authenticated users to evade TLS decryption with a crafted request. The automatic decryption function trusts the TLS SNI extension to identify the destination domain and decide whether to decrypt an HTTPS request. An authenticated user able to send TLS traffic from an adjacent client can evade content filtering and download malicious content to a protected host.

CVSS severity4.1
Medium
EPSS probability0.18%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Policy bypass in Cisco Umbrella Secure Web Gateway allows remote authenticated users to evade TLS decryption with a crafted request. The automatic decryption function trusts the TLS SNI extension to identify the destination domain and decide whether to decrypt an HTTPS request. An authenticated user able to send TLS traffic from an adjacent client can evade content filtering and download malicious content to a protected host.

The record

CVE
CVE-2022-20805
Published
Apr 21, 2022
Updated
Nov 6, 2024
Vendor
ClamAV
Product
Cisco Umbrella Insights Virtual Appliance
Classifications
CWE-693, T1573
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Apr 21, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Nov 6, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=n/a

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

ClamAV · Cisco Umbrella Insights Virtual Applianceversion=n/a

Published CVSS scores

4.1CiscoCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:X/RL:X/RC:X

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-693Protection Mechanism Failure
T1573Encrypted Channel

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