CVE-2022-20775

Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

At a glance

Severity: HIGH 7.8
Exploitation: Known exploited (CISA KEV) · added 2026-02-25
Exploited per ENISA since 2026-02-25
EPSS: EPSS 12.47 % · percentile 96 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2022-09-30
Updated: 2026-03-02
Assigner: cisco
NVD status: Analyzed

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

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	cisco
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · psirt@cisco.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-26025
GCVE · GCVE-0-2022-20775

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2026-ALE-002 — [MàJ] Vulnérabilité dans Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2022-AVI-863 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Cisco · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:cisco:catalyst_sd-wan_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 20.6.3
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:catalyst_sd-wan_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 20.7 < 20.7.2
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:catalyst_sd-wan_manager:20.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:sd-wan_vbond_orchestrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 20.6.3
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:sd-wan_vbond_orchestrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 20.7 < 20.7.2
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:sd-wan_vbond_orchestrator:20.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:sd-wan_vedge_cloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 20.6.3
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:sd-wan_vedge_cloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 20.7 < 20.7.2
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:sd-wan_vedge_cloud:20.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:sd-wan_vsmart_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 20.6.3
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:sd-wan_vsmart_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 20.7 < 20.7.2
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:sd-wan_vsmart_controller:20.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:sd-wan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 20.6.3
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:sd-wan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 20.7 < 20.7.2
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:sd-wan:20.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Affected products

Product	Versions
Cisco · Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN	affected 18.3.1 ; affected 19.2.1 ; affected 17.2.4 ; affected 19.3.0 ; affected 18.3.0 ; affected 18.3.4
Cisco · Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager	affected 20.1.12 ; affected 19.2.1 ; affected 18.4.4 ; affected 18.4.5 ; affected 20.1.1.1 ; affected 20.1.1
Cisco · Cisco SD-WAN vContainer	affected 18.4.5 ; affected 20.1.12 ; affected 18.3.6 ; affected 19.2.1 ; affected 19.3.0 ; affected 20.1.1
Cisco · Cisco SD-WAN vEdge Cloud	affected 19.2.1 ; affected 20.1.12 ; affected 18.4.4 ; affected 19.3.0 ; affected 18.3.8 ; affected 19.2.2
Cisco · Cisco SD-WAN vEdge Router	affected 18.4.303 ; affected 18.3.7 ; affected 19.3.0 ; affected 18.2.0 ; affected 20.1.12 ; affected 19.2.099

References

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities	CC0 1.0
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD