CVE detail
CVE-2026-20209
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 elevate their privileges from low to high and perform actions as a high-privileged user. This vulnerability exists because sensitive session information is recorded in audit logs. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by elevating their read-only permissions in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager to those of a high-privileged user. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform actions as a high-privileged user.
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Buzz score components · mention 16.1 · diversity 15.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Cisco has patched yet another Catalyst SD-WAN Controller authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-20182) that has been exploited as a zero-day by “a highly sophisticated cyber threat actor”. About CVE-2026-20182 CVE-2026-20182 – affecting both Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller (the “brain” of the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN solution) and Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (the management plane for the entire SD-WAN fabric) – stems from a flawed peering authentication mechanism. It affects both on-prem and cloud deployments. CVE-2026-20182 was reported … More →
newswww.helpnetsecurity.comMay 15, 2026, 12:43 PM- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwan-rpa-EHchtZksec.cloudapps.cisco.com
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Vendor Advisorysec.cloudapps.cisco.comMay 14, 2026, 5:16 PM - https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwan-mltvnps2-JxpWm7Rsec.cloudapps.cisco.com
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Vendor Advisorysec.cloudapps.cisco.comMay 14, 2026, 5:16 PM - Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager VulnerabilitiesCisco Security Advisories
com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwan-mltvnps2-JxpWm7R Security Impact Rating: Critical CVE: CVE-2026-20209,CVE-2026-20210,CVE-2026-20224
vendorsec.cloudapps.cisco.comMay 14, 2026, 4:00 PM
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