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CVE-2026-20122
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manger vulnerability
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager allows attackers to upload malicious files via improper API handling, enabling arbitrary file overwrite and privilege escalation to vmanage user level.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
An unauthenticated or low-privileged attacker can exploit insecure file handling in the API interface to upload malicious files, overwrite system files, and escalate privileges. This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreExploit available
Fully weaponized — public exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
4 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-04-20).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.0613 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Cisco, Catalyst SD-WAN Manger. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-648 CWE-648.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
WeaknessCWE-648 · CWE-648
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I identify the SD-WAN Manager API endpoint that accepts file uploads without proper validation.
Business
The organization's SD-WAN infrastructure management layer is exposed to direct compromise.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I craft a malicious file and upload it through the vulnerable API interface to overwrite critical system files.
Business
Attackers gain persistent access to the management plane controlling the entire SD-WAN deployment.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I leverage the file overwrite capability to escalate my privileges to vmanage user level.
Business
Administrative control of SD-WAN Manager is compromised, enabling network-wide traffic manipulation and data exfiltration.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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