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Vulnerability · Published May 7, 2025 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2025-20122Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 95.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Cisco Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager 20.1.1219.2.118.4.418.4.520.1.1.120.1.119.3.019.2.2

Weakness: CWE-300 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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