CVE-2022-20775

Summary

CVECVE-2022-20775
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-09-30 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:42:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple vulnerabilities in the CLI of Cisco SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain elevated privileges. These vulnerabilities are due to improper access controls on commands within the application CLI. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by running a malicious command on the application CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as the root user.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.004280000 probability, percentile 0.623410000 (date 2026-04-01)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2026-02-25; due 2026-02-27; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-22

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorCisco
ProductSD-WAN
NameCisco SD-WAN Path Traversal Vulnerability
Required ActionPlease 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.
NotesCISA Mitigation Instructions: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/ed-26-03-mitigate-vulnerabilities-cisco-sd-wan-systems ; https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/supplemental-direction-ed-26-03-hunt-and-hardening-guidance-cisco-sd-wan-systems ; https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/csa/cisco-sa-sd-wan-priv-E6e8tEdF.html ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20775

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Cisco 1100-4g Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1100-4p Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1100-6g Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1100-8p Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1100 Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1101-4p Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1101 Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1109-2p Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1109-4p Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1109 Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1111x-8p Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1111x Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 111x Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1120 Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1131 Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 1160 Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 4000 Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 4221 Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 4321/k9-rf Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 4321/k9-ws Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 4321/k9 Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 4321 Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 4331/k9-rf Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 4331/k9-ws Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 4331/k9 Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 4331 Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 4351/k9-rf Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 4351/k9-ws Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 4351/k9 Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 4351 Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 4431 Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 4451-x Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 4451 Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 4461 Integrated Services Router - All All All
Hardware Cisco 8101-32fh - All All All
Hardware Cisco 8101-32h - All All All
Hardware Cisco 8102-64h - All All All
Hardware Cisco 8201 - All All All
Hardware Cisco 8201-32fh - All All All
Hardware Cisco 8202 - All All All
Hardware Cisco 8804 - All All All
Hardware Cisco 8808 - All All All
Hardware Cisco 8812 - All All All
Hardware Cisco 8818 - All All All
Hardware Cisco 8831 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 1000 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 1000-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 1001 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 1001-hx - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 1001-hx R - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 1001-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 1001-x R - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 1002 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 1002-hx - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 1002-hx R - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 1002-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 1002-x R - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 1004 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 1006 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 1006-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 1009-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 1013 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Asr 1023 - All All All
Application Cisco Catalyst 8000v Edge - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 8200 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 8300 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 8300-1n1s-4t2x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 8300-1n1s-6t - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 8300-2n2s-4t2x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 8300-2n2s-6t - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 8500 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 8500-4qc - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 8500l - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 8510csr - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 8510msr - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 8540csr - All All All
Hardware Cisco Catalyst 8540msr - All All All
Application Cisco Catalyst Cg418-e - All All All
Application Cisco Catalyst Cg522-e - All All All
Application Cisco Catalyst Sd-wan Manager All All All All
Application Cisco Catalyst Sd-wan Manager 20.8 All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr4321/k9 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr4321/k9-rf - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr4321/k9-ws - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr4331/k9 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr4331/k9-rf - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr4331/k9-ws - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr4351/k9 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr4351/k9-rf - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr4351/k9-ws - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr 1100 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr 1100-4g - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr 1100-4p - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr 1100-6g - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr 1100-8p - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr 1101 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr 1101-4p - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr 1109 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr 1109-2p - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr 1109-4p - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr 1111x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr 1111x-8p - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr 111x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr 1120 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr 1131 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr 1160 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr 4000 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr 4221 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr 4321 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr 4331 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr 4351 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr 4431 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr 4451 - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr 4451-x - All All All
Hardware Cisco Isr 4461 - All All All
Application Cisco Sd-wan All All All All
Application Cisco Sd-wan 20.8 All All All
Application Cisco Sd-wan Vbond Orchestrator All All All All
Application Cisco Sd-wan Vbond Orchestrator 20.8 All All All
Application Cisco Sd-wan Vmanage All All All All
Application Cisco Sd-wan Vmanage 20.8 All All All
Application Cisco Sd-wan Vsmart Controller All All All All
Application Cisco Sd-wan Vsmart Controller 20.8 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Path Traversal in SD-WAN vEdge (x86 and mips64) routers (CVE-2022-20775) · Advisory · orangecertcc/security-research · GitHub MISC github.com
20220928 Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities CISCO tools.cisco.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 317224 Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (cisco-sa-sd-wan-priv-E6e8tEdF)
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