CVE-2026-20245Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller Authenticated Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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CISA lists it as known exploited since Jun 9, 2026; federal agencies had to remediate by Jun 23, 2026. Treat that date as your deadline.
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A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller, formerly SD-WAN vSmart, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, formerly SD-WAN vManage, and Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Validator, formerly SD-WAN vBond, could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root by supplying a crafted file to the affected system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a crafted file to the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform command injection attacks on an affected system and elevate their privileges as the root user. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have netadmin privileges on the affected system. This would require valid credentials or exploitation of or . Cisco is not aware of successful exploitation by other methods. Cisco has observed limited cases where the exploitation of this bug resulted in a configuration change pushed to edge devices. Cisco recommends that customers upgrade to the fixed software that is documented in the that was published on May 14, 2026, and verify the configuration of the edge devices.
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-116
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV Jun 9, 2026; federal remediation due Jun 23, 2026Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 25.32% (percentile 98)
- Assigned by
- cisco
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Cisco Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller cisco:catalyst_sd_wan_controller (from the name) | 20.6.4; 20.9.2; 20.3.6; 20.7.2; 20.7.1; 20.5.1; 20.6.2; 19.3.0; and 133 more ranges | CNA record |
Cisco Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager cisco:catalyst_sd_wan_manager (from the name) | 20.1.12; 19.2.1; 18.4.4; 18.4.5; 20.1.1.1; 20.1.1; 19.3.0; 19.2.2; and 193 more ranges | CNA record |
cisco catalyst_sd-wan_manager cisco:catalyst_sd-wan_manager | before 20.9.9.1; from 20.10 before 20.12.5.4; from 20.12.6 before 20.12.6.2; from 20.13 before 20.15.4.4; from 20.15.5 before 20.15.5.2; from 20.16 before 20.18.2.2; from 26.1 before 26.1.1.1; 20.12.7 | NVD |
cisco sd-wan_vsmart_controller cisco:sd-wan_vsmart_controller | before 20.9.9.1; from 20.10 before 20.12.5.4; from 20.12.6 before 20.12.6.2; from 20.13 before 20.15.4.4; from 20.15.5 before 20.15.5.2; from 20.16 before 20.18.2.2; from 26.1 before 26.1.1.1; 20.12.7 | NVD |
References
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwan-privesc-4uxFrdzxvendor-advisory
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwan-rpa2-v69WY2SWvendor-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-20245us-government-resource
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