CVE-2022-20775highunder attackCWE-25

CVE-2022-20775: high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN

Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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56Vexday Risk Score

Prioritize patching. It under exploitation confirmed by CISA.

ssvc Actcvss 7.8epss 12%
from disclosure to weapon
Published on NVDSep 30
CISA KEV+1244d
Action required by CISAfederal deadline: 2026-02-27

Please adhere to CISA’s guidelines to assess exposure and mitigate risks associated with Cisco SD-WAN devices as outlines in CISA’s Emergency Directive 26-03 (URL listed below in Notes) and CISA’s “Hunt & Hardening Guidance for Cisco SD-WAN Devices (URL listed below in Notes). Adhere to the applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are not available.

In short

A flaw in Cisco SD-WAN Software's command-line interface allows authenticated local users to run specially crafted commands that bypass security checks and gain root-level access to the system.

Technical detail

Improper access controls in the CLI permit authenticated local attackers to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges by crafting malicious input; exploitation requires local access and valid credentials, resulting in complete system compromise.

Summary generated and translated by AI from the official description.

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A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain elevated privileges. This vulnerability is due to improper access controls on commands within the application CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a maliciously crafted command on the application CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as the root user. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sd-wan-priv-E6e8tEdF
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Cisco · Cisco Catalyst SD-WANCisco · Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN ManagerCisco · Cisco SD-WAN vContainerCisco · Cisco SD-WAN vEdge CloudCisco · Cisco SD-WAN vEdge Router
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