CVE-2022-20818
Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 30, 2022 at 06:45 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:25 AM UTC
84 products affected across 1 vendorCisco SD-WAN vManageSd WANSd WAN Vbond Orchestrator
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
PoC
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities in the CLI of Cisco SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain elevated privileges. These vulnerabilities are due to improper access controls on commands within the application CLI. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by running a malicious command on the application CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as the root user.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 20.9
Affected range stops below 20.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cisco-1100-4g-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1100-4p-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1100-6g-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1100-8p-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1100-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1101-4p-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1101-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1109-2p-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1109-4p-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1109-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1111x-8p-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1111x-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-111x-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1120-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1131-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-1160-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4000-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4221-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4321-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4321-k9-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4321-k9-rf-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4321-k9-ws-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4331-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4331-k9-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4331-k9-rf-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4331-k9-ws-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4351-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4351-k9-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4351-k9-rf-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4351-k9-ws-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4431-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4451-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4451-x-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-4461-integrated-services-router (environment) · cisco-8101-32fh (environment) · cisco-8101-32h (environment) · cisco-8102-64h (environment) · cisco-8201 (environment) · cisco-8201-32fh (environment) · cisco-8202 (environment) · cisco-8804 (environment) · cisco-8808 (environment) · cisco-8812 (environment) · cisco-8818 (environment) · cisco-8831 (environment) · cisco-asr-1000 (environment) · cisco-asr-1000-x (environment) · cisco-asr-1001 (environment) · cisco-asr-1001-hx (environment) · cisco-asr-1001-hx-r (environment) · cisco-asr-1001-x (environment) · cisco-asr-1001-x-r (environment) · cisco-asr-1002 (environment) · cisco-asr-1002-hx (environment) · cisco-asr-1002-hx-r (environment) · cisco-asr-1002-x (environment) · cisco-asr-1002-x-r (environment) · cisco-asr-1004 (environment) · cisco-asr-1006 (environment) · cisco-asr-1006-x (environment) · cisco-asr-1009-x (environment) · cisco-asr-1013 (environment) · cisco-asr-1023 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-8000v-edge (environment) · cisco-catalyst-8200 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-8300 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-8300-1n1s-4t2x (environment) · cisco-catalyst-8300-1n1s-6t (environment) · cisco-catalyst-8300-2n2s-4t2x (environment) · cisco-catalyst-8300-2n2s-6t (environment) · cisco-catalyst-8500 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-8500-4qc (environment) · cisco-catalyst-8500l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-8510csr (environment) · cisco-catalyst-8510msr (environment) · cisco-catalyst-8540csr (environment) · cisco-catalyst-8540msr (environment) · cisco-catalyst-cg418-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-cg522-e (environment)
v < 20.9
Affected range stops below 20.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 20.9
Affected range stops below 20.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 20.9
Affected range stops below 20.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
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Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
Source: [email protected]
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sd-wan-priv-E6e8tEdFSSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCPoCNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
7.8HIGHcisco
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-25CWE-22
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