Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Web UI Privilege Escalation
CVE-2026-20209 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 session information is recorded in audit logs. An authenticated remote attacker with read-only permissions can exploit this exposure to elevate privileges from a low-privileged role to a high-privileged user context and then perform actions as that higher-privileged user.
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Impact
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Mitigation
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Remediation
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Exploits
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Recent activity
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A privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager.
A Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN vulnerability referenced in the advisory notice; specific technical details are not provided in the content.
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Every observed campaign linking this CVE to a named adversary.
Malware families riding this exploit, with evidence and IOCs.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
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