Cisco SD-WAN Path Traversal Vulnerability

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• cpe cisco/catalyst sd-wan manager20.8
• cpe cisco/sd-wanversion unspecified
• cpe cisco/sd-wan vbond orchestrator20.8
• cpe cisco/sd-wan vedge cloudversion unspecified
• vendor Cisco SD-WANversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2022-20775

• Recommended remediation

  Please 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. CISA due date Feb 27, 2026.

• Official advisories

  • CISA KEV · cisa.gov
  • CVE.org · cve.org
  • FIRST EPSS · first.org
  • NIST NVD · nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEV · vulncheck.com

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

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Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

1. Sep 30, 2022 · Catalog

   Detected

   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 com

2. Feb 25, 2026 · CISA KEV

   Known exploited

   Please 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 av

3. Feb 27, 2026 · CISA KEV

   Remediation due

   Please 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 av

4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

   Updated

   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 com

Sources

• CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-20775

  Cisco SD-WAN CLI contains a path traversal vulnerability that could allow an authenticated local attacker to gain elevated privileges via improper access controls on commands within the application CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as the root user.

  cisa.gov
• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2022-20775

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2022-20775

  30-day exploitation probability 12.5%

  first.org
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2022-20775

  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

  nvd.nist.gov
• VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-20775

  Cisco SD-WAN CLI contains a path traversal vulnerability that could allow an authenticated local attacker to gain elevated privileges via improper access controls on commands within the application CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands a

  vulncheck.com

References

• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · blog.talosintelligence.com
• CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
• Vendor Advisory · sec.cloudapps.cisco.com
• Vendor Advisory · tools.cisco.com
• CISA note · cisa.gov
• CISA note · cisa.gov
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov
• CISA note · cisco.com
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cyber.gov.au

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 16, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.