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High · 7.8 Known exploited CVE-2022-20775 EUVD-2022-26025GHSA-x65r-rvgh-v43v

Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Published Sep 30, 2022 · Updated Mar 2, 2026 · Assigned by cisco

Description

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Cisco Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN 18.3.1, 19.2.1, 17.2.4, 19.3.0, 18.3.0, 18.3.4, 18.4.303, 18.4.0.1, 17.2.9, 18.3.7, 18.2.0, 17.2.10, 18.4.5, 18.4.0, 17.2.5, 18.3.8, 18.4.4, 18.4.302, 17.2.7, 19.2.098, 20.1.1, 19.2.099, 18.3.3, 18.4.1, 17.2.8, 18.3.5, 19.0.0, 18.4.3, 19.1.0, 17.2.6, 18.3.3.1, 19.2.097, 20.1.1.1, 18.3.6, 19.2.0, 19… —
Cisco Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager 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, 19.2.099, 18.3.6, 18.3.7, 19.2.0, 18.3.8, 19.0.0, 19.1.0, 18.4.302, 18.4.303, 19.2.097, 19.2.098, 17.2.10, 18.3.6.1, 19.0.1a, 18.2.0, 18.4.3, 18.4.1, 17.2.8, 18.3.3.1, 18.4.0, 18.3.1, 17.2.6, 17.2.9, 18.3.4, 17.2.5, 18.3.1.1, 18.3.5… —
Cisco Cisco SD-WAN vContainer 18.4.5, 20.1.12, 18.3.6, 19.2.1, 19.3.0, 20.1.1, 19.2.2, 18.3.8, 18.4.3, 18.4.4, 18.4.302, 19.1.0, 18.4.303, 19.2.0, 19.2.098, 17.2.10, 18.3.7, 18.3.1, 19.2.099, 19.2.097, 18.3.4, 18.2.0, 18.3.5, 18.4.1, 17.2.5, 17.2.7, 17.2.8, 17.2.9, 18.4.0, 17.2.6, 18.3.0, 17.2.4, 18.3.3, 19.2.3, 20.3.1, 20.1.2 —
Cisco Cisco SD-WAN vEdge Cloud 19.2.1, 20.1.12, 18.4.4, 19.3.0, 18.3.8, 19.2.2, 20.1.1, 18.3.6, 18.4.3, 18.4.302, 18.4.5, 18.4.303, 19.2.098, 19.1.0, 17.2.10, 19.0.1a, 19.2.099, 18.3.7, 19.2.097, 18.3.1, 19.2.0, 17.2.9, 18.3.4, 18.2.0, 18.4.1, 17.2.5, 18.4.0, 18.3.5, 18.3.3, 17.2.7, 17.2.6, 17.2.8, 18.3.0, 17.2.4, 19.2.3, 20.3.1… —
Cisco Cisco SD-WAN vEdge Router 18.4.303, 18.3.7, 19.3.0, 18.2.0, 20.1.12, 19.2.099, 17.2.10, 18.3.3, 18.3.6, 19.0.0, 17.2.6, 18.4.0, 19.1.01, 19.2.098, 18.3.1, 18.4.302, 19.2.2, 18.3.5, 17.2.9, 19.1.0, 20.1.11, 19.2.097, 18.4.5, 17.2.5, 17.2.8, 18.3.8, 18.3.0, 18.4.3, 18.4.4, 19.2.1, 17.2.4, 18.3.4, 19.0.1a, 20.1.1, 17.2.7, 18.4… —

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