Medium 5.4Published May 14, 2026

CVE-2026-20209Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 12:23 PM ET)

Does this affect you?

It affects Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager and 1 other product. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

Do this next

Start free and add your stack

Free account, 1 product

Every CVE for Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager

Exploited in the last 30 days

A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, formerly SD-WAN vManage, could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with read-only permissions to elevate their privileges from low to high and perform actions as a high-privileged user. This vulnerability exists because sensitive session information is recorded in audit logs. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by elevating their read-only permissions in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager to those of a high-privileged user. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform actions as a high-privileged user.

CVSS: 5.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-779
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: cisco
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: May 14, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Cisco Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager cisco:catalyst_sd_wan_manager (from the name)	20.1.12; 19.2.1; 18.4.4; 18.4.5; 20.1.1.1; 20.1.1; 19.3.0; 19.2.2; and 193 more ranges	CNA record
cisco catalyst_sd-wan_manager cisco:catalyst_sd-wan_manager	before 20.9.9.1; from 20.10 before 20.12.5.4; from 20.12.6 before 20.12.6.2; from 20.13 before 20.15.4.4; from 20.15.5 before 20.15.5.2; from 20.16 before 20.18.2.2; from 26.1 before 26.1.1.1; 20.12.7	NVD

References

References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwan-mltvnps2-JxpWm7R	vendor-advisory
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwan-rpa-EHchtZk	not-applicable

The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.