CVE-2026-20126

HIGH

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-648
Status published
Products (50)
cisco/catalyst_sd-wan_manager 20.12.6
cisco/catalyst_sd-wan_manager < 20.9.8.2
Cisco/Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager 17.2.10
Cisco/Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager 17.2.4
Cisco/Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager 17.2.5
Cisco/Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager 17.2.6
Cisco/Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager 17.2.7
Cisco/Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager 17.2.8
Cisco/Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager 17.2.9
Cisco/Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager 18.2.0
... and 40 more
Published Feb 25, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 26, 2026