CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-20775

7.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2022-09-30 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Cisco SD-WAN Path Traversal Vulnerability — Cisco SD-WAN

Cisco SD-WAN CLI contains a path traversal vulnerability that could allow an authenticated local attacker to gain elevated privileges via improper access controls on commands within the application CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as the root user.

Added to KEV
2026-02-25
Remediation due
2026-02-27
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Please adhere to CISA’s guidelines to assess exposure and mitigate risks associated with Cisco SD-WAN devices as outlines in CISA’s Emergency Directive 26-03 (URL listed below in Notes) and CISA’s “Hunt & Hardening Guidance for Cisco SD-WAN Devices (URL listed below in Notes). Adhere to the applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are not available.
Notes
CISA Mitigation Instructions: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/ed-26-03-mitigate-vulnerabilities-cisco-sd-wan-systems ; https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/supplemental-direction-ed-26-03-hunt-and-hardening-guidance-cisco-sd-wan-systems ; https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/csa/cisco-sa-sd-wan-priv-E6e8tEdF.html ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20775
Status
Analyzed
Published
2022-09-30
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-22, CWE-25

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain elevated privileges. This vulnerability is due to improper access controls on commands within the application CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a maliciously crafted command on the application CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as the root user. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sd-wan-priv-E6e8tEdF

Affected configurations

• cisco catalyst sd-wan manager (< 20.6.3) • cisco catalyst sd-wan manager (>= 20.7 < 20.7.2) • cisco catalyst sd-wan manager 20.8 • cisco sd-wan vbond orchestrator (< 20.6.3) • cisco sd-wan vbond orchestrator (>= 20.7 < 20.7.2) • cisco sd-wan vbond orchestrator 20.8 • cisco sd-wan vedge cloud (< 20.6.3) • cisco sd-wan vedge cloud (>= 20.7 < 20.7.2) • cisco sd-wan vedge cloud 20.8 • cisco sd-wan vsmart controller (< 20.6.3) • cisco sd-wan vsmart controller (>= 20.7 < 20.7.2) • cisco sd-wan vsmart controller 20.8 • cisco sd-wan (< 20.6.3) • cisco sd-wan (>= 20.7 < 20.7.2) • cisco sd-wan 20.8

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
  • CWE-25 Path Traversal: '/../filedir' weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-25 Path Traversal: '/../filedir' weakness

References