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CVE-2025-20122

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

HIGH

7.8

CVSS Score

Published: May 7, 2025 at 05:18 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:40 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorCatalyst Sd WAN Manager

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Severity

HIGH7.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, formerly Cisco SD-WAN vManage, could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain privileges of the root user on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An authenticated attacker with read-only privileges on the SD-WAN Manager system could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the CLI of the SD-WAN Manager. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain root privileges on the underlying operating system.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Catalyst Sd WAN Manager · Cisco

95%

17.2.10 17.2.4 17.2.5 17.2.6 17.2.7 17.2.8 17.2.9 18.2.0 18.3.0 18.3.1 18.3.1.1 18.3.3 18.3.3.1 18.3.4 18.3.5 18.3.6 18.3.6.1 18.3.7 18.3.8 18.4.0 18.4.0.1 18.4.1 18.4.3 18.4.302 18.4.303 18.4.4 18.4.5 18.4.501_ES 18.4.501_es 18.4.6 19.0.0 19.0.1a 19.1.0 19.2.0 19.2.097 19.2.098 19.2.099 19.2.1 19.2.2 19.2.3 19.2.31 19.2.32 19.2.4 19.2.4.0.1 19.2.4.0.8 19.2.4.0.9 19.2.929 19.3.0 20.1.1 20.1.1.1 20.1.12 20.1.2 20.1.2_937 20.1.3 20.1.3.1 20.10.1 20.10.1.1 20.10.1.2 20.10.1_LI_Images 20.11.1 20.11.1.1 20.11.1.2 20.11.1_LI_Images 20.12.1 20.12.1_LI_Images 20.12.2 20.12.2_LI_Images 20.12.3 20.12.3.1 20.12.3_LI_Images 20.12.4 20.12.4.0.03 20.12.4.0.4 20.12.4.0.6 20.12.4.1 20.12.4.1_LI_Images 20.12.401 20.12.4_LI_Images 20.13.1 20.13.1_LI_Images 20.14.1 20.14.1_LI_Images 20.15.1 20.15.1_LI_Images 20.3.1 20.3.2 20.3.2.0.5 20.3.2.0.6 20.3.2.1 20.3.2.1_927 20.3.2.1_930 20.3.2_925 20.3.2_928 20.3.2_929 20.3.2_937 20.3.3 20.3.3.0.14 20.3.3.0.16 20.3.3.0.17 20.3.3.0.18 20.3.3.0.2 20.3.3.0.4 20.3.3.0.8 20.3.3.1 20.3.3.1.1 20.3.3.1.10 20.3.3.1.2 20.3.3.1.5 20.3.3.1.7 20.3.3.2 20.3.4 20.3.4.0.1 20.3.4.0.11 20.3.4.0.19 20.3.4.0.20 20.3.4.0.24 20.3.4.0.25 20.3.4.0.26 20.3.4.0.5 20.3.4.0.6 20.3.4.0.9 20.3.4.1 20.3.4.1.1 20.3.4.1.2 20.3.4.2 20.3.4.2.1 20.3.4.2.2 20.3.4.3 20.3.5 20.3.5.0.7 20.3.5.0.8 20.3.5.0.9 20.3.5.1 20.3.6 20.3.7 20.3.7.1 20.3.7.2 20.3.8 20.3.813 20.3.814 20.4.1 20.4.1.0.01 20.4.1.0.02 20.4.1.0.1 20.4.1.1 20.4.1.1.5 20.4.1.2 20.4.2 20.4.2.0.1 20.4.2.0.2 20.4.2.0.4 20.4.2.1 20.4.2.1.1 20.4.2.2 20.4.2.2.1 20.4.2.2.2 20.4.2.2.3 20.4.2.2.4 20.4.2.2.8 20.4.2.3 20.5.0.1.1 20.5.1 20.5.1.0.1 20.5.1.0.2 20.5.1.1 20.5.1.2 20.6.0.18.3 20.6.0.18.4 20.6.1 20.6.1.0.1 20.6.1.1 20.6.1.2 20.6.2 20.6.2.0.4 20.6.2.1 20.6.2.2 20.6.2.2.2 20.6.2.2.3 20.6.2.2.4 20.6.2.2.7 20.6.3 20.6.3.0.10 20.6.3.0.11 20.6.3.0.14 20.6.3.0.18 20.6.3.0.19 20.6.3.0.2 20.6.3.0.23 20.6.3.0.25 20.6.3.0.27 20.6.3.0.29 20.6.3.0.31 20.6.3.0.32 20.6.3.0.33 20.6.3.0.38 20.6.3.0.39 20.6.3.0.40 20.6.3.0.41 20.6.3.0.45 20.6.3.0.46 20.6.3.0.47 20.6.3.0.5 20.6.3.0.51 20.6.3.0.7 20.6.3.1 20.6.3.1.1 20.6.3.2 20.6.3.3 20.6.3.4 20.6.4 20.6.4.0.19 20.6.4.0.21 20.6.4.0.4 20.6.4.1 20.6.4.2 20.6.5 20.6.5.1 20.6.5.1.10 20.6.5.1.11 20.6.5.1.13 20.6.5.1.14 20.6.5.1.2 20.6.5.1.3 20.6.5.1.4 20.6.5.1.5 20.6.5.1.6 20.6.5.1.7 20.6.5.1.9 20.6.5.2 20.6.5.2.1 20.6.5.2.3 20.6.5.2.4 20.6.5.2.8 20.6.5.3 20.6.5.4 20.6.5.5 20.6.6 20.6.6.0.1 20.6.7 20.6.8 20.7.1 20.7.1.0.2 20.7.1.1 20.7.1EFT220.7.1eft220.7.2 20.8.1 20.9.1 20.9.1.1 20.9.1EFT2 20.9.1_LI_Images 20.9.1eft2 20.9.2 20.9.2.0.01 20.9.2.1 20.9.2.2 20.9.2.3 20.9.2_LI_Images 20.9.3 20.9.3.0.12 20.9.3.0.16 20.9.3.0.17 20.9.3.0.18 20.9.3.0.2 20.9.3.0.20 20.9.3.0.21 20.9.3.0.23 20.9.3.0.24 20.9.3.0.25 20.9.3.0.26 20.9.3.0.29 20.9.3.0.3 20.9.3.0.4 20.9.3.0.5 20.9.3.0.7 20.9.3.0.8 20.9.3.1 20.9.3.2 20.9.3.2_LI_Images 20.9.3_LI_ Images 20.9.4 20.9.4.0.4 20.9.4.1 20.9.4.1.1 20.9.4.1.3 20.9.4.1.6 20.9.4.1_LI_Images 20.9.4_LI_Images 20.9.5 20.9.5.1 20.9.5.1.4 20.9.5.1_LI_Images 20.9.5.2 20.9.5.2.1 20.9.5.2.13 20.9.5.2.14 20.9.5.2.16 20.9.5.2.21 20.9.5.2.7 20.9.5.2_LI_Images 20.9.5.3 20.9.5.3_LI_Images 20.9.5_LI_Images 20.9.6 20.9.6.0.3 20.9.6_LI_Images

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwan-priviesc-WCk7bmmt

References (1)

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwan-priviesc-WCk7bmmt

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot 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

StatusANALYZED

CWE

CWE-300

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