Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-20818
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercisco
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-09-30 19:15:11 UTC
Updated2026-11-03 22:17:08 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

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.006160000 probability, percentile 0.495460000 (date 2026-11-03)

Problem Types: CWE-25 | CWE-22 | CWE-25 CWE-25

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1[email protected]Secondary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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 Sd-wan All All All All
Application Cisco Sd-wan Vbond Orchestrator All All All All
Application Cisco Sd-wan Vmanage All All All All
Application Cisco Sd-wan Vsmart Controller All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Cisco Cisco SD-WAN Solution affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sd-wan... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Additional Advisory Data

Exploits

CNA: The Cisco PSIRT is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerabilities that are described in this advisory.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 317224 Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (cisco-sa-sd-wan-priv-E6e8tEdF)
  • 317226 Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (cisco-sa-sd-wan-priv-E6e8tEdF)(CVE-2022-20818)

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