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CVE-2025-20122

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Published: May 7, 2025Updated: Jul 31, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-300
7.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 97.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
0 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-300

Affected Products

Cisco Systems Inc.
commercial·USaka Cisco, cisco systems
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager
Networking Infrastructure
Catalyst SD-WAN Manager
Networking Infrastructure
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Exploitability

0 exploit sources identified

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References

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

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