CVE-2026-20126

HIGH

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager could allow an authenticated, local attacker with low privileges to gain root privileges on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is due to an insufficient user authentication mechanism in the REST API. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a request to the REST API of the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain root privileges on the underlying operating system.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 12.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-648
Status published

Affected Products (2)

cisco/catalyst_sd-wan_manager < 20.9.8.2
cisco/catalyst_sd-wan_manager

Timeline

Published Feb 25, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 26, 2026