CVE-2025-20122

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Severity
High 7.8
CVSS 3.1
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.001
3.6th percentile
Discovered by
Vendor
Published by the vendor
Published
May 7, 2025
Assigned by cisco

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.

Weakness: CWE-300

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Cisco Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Network & Security Management cna-assigner
Vendor-reported affected versions (1)
  • Cisco · Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager