01 Record

CVE-2022-20775

Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

HighKEVPUBLISHEDCNA: cisco

CNA base score7.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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02 Description

Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-02-25. Federal remediation due 2026-02-27.

SSVC decision

ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

12.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 95.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2022-09-30 18:45Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-03-02 13:12Z8 MO AGO

Reserved

2021-11-02

Assigning CNA

cisco

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-25Path Traversal: '/../filedir'Variant
CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

a9061d3a0fa4b39d176779f42cbb7dfc50a754735f235b712e610ae4ff16b043

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN18.3.1, 19.2.1, 17.2.4, 19.3.0, 18.3.0, 18.3.4, 18.4.303, 18.4.0.1, 17.2.9, 18.3.7, 18.2.0, 17.2.10, 18.4.5, 18.4.0, 17.2.5, 18.3.8, 18.4.4, 18.4.302, 17.2.7, 19.2.098, 20.1.1, 19.2.099, 18.3.3, 18.4.1, 17.2.8, 18.3.5, 19.0.0, 18.4.3, 19.1.0, 17.2.6, 18.3.3.1, 19.2.097, 20.1.1.1, 18.3.6, 19.2.0, 19.2.2, 20.1.11, 20.1.12, 19.1.0a, 19.2.3, 17.3.1ESM1, 20.3.1, 17.3.1ESM2, 17.2.1LA, 20.1.2, 17.3.1ESM3, 19.2.929, 19.2.31, 20.3.2, 19.2.32, 17.3.2ESM1, 20.3.2.1, 18.4.6, 20.4.1, 17.3.2ESM2, 19.2.4, 20.4.1.1, 20.3.3, 20.3.809, 20.3.3.1, 20.5.1, 20.3.811, 20.1.3, 20.4.1.2, 17.4.2.2527, 17.4.2ES1, 17.3.2ESM3, 20.4.2, 20.3.4, 20.6.1, 20.6.1.1, 20.6.2, 20.7.1, 20.4.2.1, 20.3.4.1, 20.5.1.1, 20.6.2.1, 20.3.4.2, 20.4.2.2, 20.6.2.2, 20.5.1.2, 20.7.1.1, 20.3.5, 20.6.3, 20.7.2, 20.6.3.1, 20.6.4, 20.3.6, 20.6.5, 20.3.7, 20.6.5.1, 20.6.4.1, 20.6.3.2, 20.4.2.3, 20.6.1.2, 20.3.4.3, 20.6.5.2, 20.3.3.2, 20.3.7.1, 20.3.5.1, 20.1.3.1, 20.6.5.3, 20.6.3.3, 20.3.7.2, 20.6.5.4, 20.6.4.2, 20.6.5.5, 20.6.3.4, 20.3.8, 20.6.6, 20.6.7, 20.6.8—

CiscoCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager20.1.12, 19.2.1, 18.4.4, 18.4.5, 20.1.1.1, 20.1.1, 19.3.0, 19.2.2, 19.2.099, 18.3.6, 18.3.7, 19.2.0, 18.3.8, 19.0.0, 19.1.0, 18.4.302, 18.4.303, 19.2.097, 19.2.098, 17.2.10, 18.3.6.1, 19.0.1a, 18.2.0, 18.4.3, 18.4.1, 17.2.8, 18.3.3.1, 18.4.0, 18.3.1, 17.2.6, 17.2.9, 18.3.4, 17.2.5, 18.3.1.1, 18.3.5, 18.4.0.1, 18.3.3, 17.2.7, 17.2.4, 18.3.0, 19.2.3, 18.4.501_ES, 20.3.1, 20.1.2, 19.2.929, 19.2.31, 20.3.2, 19.2.32, 20.3.2_925, 20.3.2.1, 20.3.2.1_927, 18.4.6, 20.1.2_937, 20.4.1, 20.3.2_928, 20.3.2_929, 20.4.1.0.1, 20.3.2.1_930, 19.2.4, 20.5.0.1.1, 20.4.1.1, 20.3.3, 19.2.4.0.1, 20.3.2_937, 20.3.3.1, 20.5.1, 20.1.3, 20.3.3.0.4, 20.3.3.1.2, 20.3.3.1.1, 20.4.1.2, 20.3.3.0.2, 20.4.1.1.5, 20.4.1.0.01, 20.4.1.0.02, 20.3.3.1.7, 20.3.3.1.5, 20.5.1.0.1, 20.3.3.1.10, 20.3.3.0.8, 20.4.2, 20.4.2.0.1, 20.3.4, 20.3.3.0.14, 19.2.4.0.8, 19.2.4.0.9, 20.3.4.0.1, 20.3.2.0.5, 20.6.1, 20.5.1.0.2, 20.3.3.0.17, 20.6.1.1, 20.6.0.18.3, 20.3.2.0.6, 20.6.0.18.4, 20.4.2.0.2, 20.3.3.0.16, 20.3.4.0.5, 20.6.1.0.1, 20.3.4.0.6, 20.6.2, 20.7.1EFT2, 20.3.4.0.9, 20.3.4.0.11, 20.4.2.0.4, 20.3.3.0.18, 20.7.1, 20.6.2.1, 20.3.4.1, 20.5.1.1, 20.4.2.1, 20.4.2.1.1, 20.3.4.1.1, 20.3.813, 20.3.4.0.19, 20.4.2.2.1, 20.5.1.2, 20.3.4.2, 20.3.814, 20.4.2.2, 20.6.2.2, 20.3.4.2.1, 20.7.1.1, 20.3.4.1.2, 20.6.2.2.2, 20.3.4.0.20, 20.6.2.2.3, 20.4.2.2.2, 20.3.5, 20.6.2.0.4, 20.4.2.2.3, 20.3.4.0.24, 20.6.2.2.7, 20.6.3, 20.3.4.2.2, 20.4.2.2.4, 20.7.1.0.2, 20.3.5.0.8, 20.3.5.0.9, 20.3.5.0.7, 20.3.6, 20.3.7, 20.3.5.1, 20.3.4.3, 20.3.3.2, 20.3.7.1, 20.3.4.0.25, 20.6.2.2.4, 20.6.1.2, 20.3.4.0.26, 20.3.7.2, 20.3.8—

CiscoCisco SD-WAN vContainer18.4.5, 20.1.12, 18.3.6, 19.2.1, 19.3.0, 20.1.1, 19.2.2, 18.3.8, 18.4.3, 18.4.4, 18.4.302, 19.1.0, 18.4.303, 19.2.0, 19.2.098, 17.2.10, 18.3.7, 18.3.1, 19.2.099, 19.2.097, 18.3.4, 18.2.0, 18.3.5, 18.4.1, 17.2.5, 17.2.7, 17.2.8, 17.2.9, 18.4.0, 17.2.6, 18.3.0, 17.2.4, 18.3.3, 19.2.3, 20.3.1, 20.1.2—

CiscoCisco SD-WAN vEdge Cloud19.2.1, 20.1.12, 18.4.4, 19.3.0, 18.3.8, 19.2.2, 20.1.1, 18.3.6, 18.4.3, 18.4.302, 18.4.5, 18.4.303, 19.2.098, 19.1.0, 17.2.10, 19.0.1a, 19.2.099, 18.3.7, 19.2.097, 18.3.1, 19.2.0, 17.2.9, 18.3.4, 18.2.0, 18.4.1, 17.2.5, 18.4.0, 18.3.5, 18.3.3, 17.2.7, 17.2.6, 17.2.8, 18.3.0, 17.2.4, 19.2.3, 20.3.1, 20.1.2, 19.2.929, 19.2.31, 20.3.2, 19.2.32, 18.4.6, 20.4.1, 19.2.4, 20.4.1.1, 20.3.3, 20.5.1, 20.1.3, 20.4.1.2, 20.4.2, 20.3.4, 20.6.1, 20.6.2, 20.7.1, 20.3.5, 20.6.3, 20.7.2, 20.6.4, 20.3.6, 20.6.5, 20.3.7, 20.4.2.3, 20.3.4.3, 20.6.4.1, 20.6.3.2, 20.3.5.1, 20.6.5.2, 20.3.7.1, 20.3.3.2, 20.6.1.2, 20.1.3.1, 20.6.5.3, 20.6.3.3, 20.3.7.2, 20.6.5.4, 20.3.8, 20.6.6, 20.6.7, 20.6.8—

CiscoCisco SD-WAN vEdge Router18.4.303, 18.3.7, 19.3.0, 18.2.0, 20.1.12, 19.2.099, 17.2.10, 18.3.3, 18.3.6, 19.0.0, 17.2.6, 18.4.0, 19.1.01, 19.2.098, 18.3.1, 18.4.302, 19.2.2, 18.3.5, 17.2.9, 19.1.0, 20.1.11, 19.2.097, 18.4.5, 17.2.5, 17.2.8, 18.3.8, 18.3.0, 18.4.3, 18.4.4, 19.2.1, 17.2.4, 18.3.4, 19.0.1a, 20.1.1, 17.2.7, 18.4.1, 19.2.0, 19.2.3, 20.3.1, 20.1.2, 19.2.929, 19.2.31, 20.3.2, 19.2.32, 18.4.6, 20.4.1, 19.2.4, 20.4.1.1, 20.3.3, 20.5.1, 20.1.3, 20.4.1.2, 20.4.2, 20.3.4, 20.6.1, 20.6.2, 20.7.1, 20.7.1.2, 20.3.5, 20.6.3, 20.7.2, 20.6.4, 20.3.6, 20.6.5, 20.3.7, 20.6.5.1, 20.3.3.2, 20.6.4.1, 20.6.3.2, 20.3.4.3, 20.6.5.2, 20.3.7.1, 20.3.5.1, 20.6.1.2, 20.6.5.3, 20.6.3.3, 20.3.7.2, 20.6.5.4, 20.3.8, 20.6.6, 20.6.7, 20.6.8—

06 References

sec.cloudapps.cisco.comcisco-sa-sd-wan-priv-E6e8tEdFhttps://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sd-wan-priv-E6e8tEdF
tools.cisco.com20220928 Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilitieshttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sd-wan-priv-E6e8tEdFvendor-advisory
github.comhttps://github.com/orangecertcc/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-wmjv-552v-pxjc
www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-20775government-resource