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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Web UI Privilege Escalation

IdentifiersCVE-2026-20210CWE-269

CVE-2026-20210 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (formerly SD-WAN vManage). According to the provided Cisco description, the issue exists because sensitive information within device configurations and templates is not properly redacted. A remote authenticated attacker who has only read-only permissions can exploit this exposure to elevate privileges to those of a high-privileged user, enabling unauthorized modification of configurations and other administrative actions within the affected system.

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Impact

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Successful exploitation allows an authenticated low-privileged user with read-only access to escalate privileges to a high-privileged role in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager. This can result in unauthorized access to configuration settings, modification of device configurations and templates, and execution of administrative actions that should be restricted to privileged users. The vulnerability therefore compromises the integrity of SD-WAN management operations and may enable broader control over managed infrastructure.

Mitigation

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No specific workaround or mitigation short of upgrading is provided in the supplied content. As an interim risk-reduction measure, organizations should minimize assignment of read-only accounts to untrusted users, restrict access to the SD-WAN Manager web UI to trusted administrative networks and users, and monitor for unauthorized configuration changes or privilege misuse until fixed releases are deployed. However, the authoritative remediation in the provided content is to upgrade to Cisco-fixed software.

Remediation

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Cisco has released fixed software for affected Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN releases. Based on the provided advisory summary, customers should upgrade to Cisco-recommended fixed versions in the relevant release train, including 20.18.2.2; 20.15.4.4 or 20.15.5.2; 20.12.5.4, 20.12.6.2, or 20.12.7.1; and 20.9.9.1 for releases spanning 20.3.x through 20.9.x, as applicable to their deployment. Cisco also indicated that affected software images are being replaced and that manufacturing shipments of affected images will be discontinued.
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Cisco SystemsCatalyst SD-WAN Managerapplication
Cisco SystemsSd-Wan Vmanageapplication

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