CVE-2026-20210

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Severity
Medium 5.4
CVSS 3.1
Remote, needs privileges or user interaction what this means
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.002
8.3th percentile
Discovered by
Third party
Vendor-published field
Published
May 14, 2026
Assigned by cisco

Description

A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, formerly SD-WAN vManage, could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with read-only permissions to modify configurations and perform unauthorized actions on an affected system. This vulnerability exists because of a failure to redact sensitive information within device configurations and templates. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by elevating their read-only permissions to those of a high-privileged user. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access or modify configuration settings within Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager as a high-privileged user.

Weakness: CWE-779

Affected products

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

Vendor advisory

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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Vulnerabilities

Cisco’s rating: Critical (advisory CVSS 8.6) · Published May 14, 2026

Bug IDs: CSCwt38739 , CSCwt38767 , CSCwt55544

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