Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE-2022-20775

High 7.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)

Published
Last modified
NVD status
Analyzed

CISA KEV catalog

Confirmed active exploitation.

Listed in CISA's catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: attackers are using it in real attacks. Patch it with priority.

CISA KEV
Name
Cisco SD-WAN Path Traversal Vulnerability
Added to catalog
Remediation due date (US federal)
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.

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 products

cisco: catalyst sd-wan manager; cisco: sd-wan vbond orchestrator; cisco: sd-wan vedge cloud; cisco: sd-wan vsmart controller; cisco: sd-wan; cisco: catalyst 8000v edge; cisco: catalyst cg418-e; cisco: catalyst cg522-e; cisco: 1100-4g integrated services router; cisco: 1100-4p integrated services router; cisco: 1100-6g integrated services router; cisco: 1100-8p integrated services router; cisco: 1100 integrated services router; cisco: 1101-4p integrated services router; cisco: 1101 integrated services router

References10

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
7.8 HIGH Score source: NVD CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — exploit probability
12% percentile: 96 · as of 2 November 2026
CWE
CWE-25CWE-22