CVE-2022-20775
Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- cisco
Description
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 commands as the root user. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sd-wan-priv-E6e8tEdF
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Cisco SD-WAN Path Traversal Vulnerability.
- Added
- 25 Feb 2026
- Fix due (US federal)
- 27 Feb 2026
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ciscoCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.0% · top 3.8% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 18.3.1
- affected 19.2.1
- affected 17.2.4
- affected 19.3.0
- affected 18.3.0
- affected 18.3.4
- affected 18.4.303
- affected 18.4.0.1
- affected 17.2.9
- affected 18.3.7
- affected 18.2.0
- affected 17.2.10
- affected 18.4.5
- affected 18.4.0
- affected 17.2.5
- affected 18.3.8
- affected 18.4.4
- affected 18.4.302
- affected 17.2.7
- affected 19.2.098
- affected 20.1.1
- affected 19.2.099
- affected 18.3.3
- affected 18.4.1
- affected 17.2.8
- affected 18.3.5
- affected 19.0.0
- affected 18.4.3
- affected 19.1.0
- affected 17.2.6
- affected 18.3.3.1
- affected 19.2.097
- affected 20.1.1.1
- affected 18.3.6
- affected 19.2.0
- affected 19.2.2
- affected 20.1.11
- affected 20.1.12
- affected 19.1.0a
- affected 19.2.3
- and 72 more
Cisco · Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager
- affected 20.1.12
- affected 19.2.1
- affected 18.4.4
- affected 18.4.5
- affected 20.1.1.1
- affected 20.1.1
- affected 19.3.0
- affected 19.2.2
- affected 19.2.099
- affected 18.3.6
- affected 18.3.7
- affected 19.2.0
- affected 18.3.8
- affected 19.0.0
- affected 19.1.0
- affected 18.4.302
- affected 18.4.303
- affected 19.2.097
- affected 19.2.098
- affected 17.2.10
- affected 18.3.6.1
- affected 19.0.1a
- affected 18.2.0
- affected 18.4.3
- affected 18.4.1
- affected 17.2.8
- affected 18.3.3.1
- affected 18.4.0
- affected 18.3.1
- affected 17.2.6
- affected 17.2.9
- affected 18.3.4
- affected 17.2.5
- affected 18.3.1.1
- affected 18.3.5
- affected 18.4.0.1
- affected 18.3.3
- affected 17.2.7
- affected 17.2.4
- affected 18.3.0
- and 112 more
Cisco · Cisco SD-WAN vContainer
- affected 18.4.5
- affected 20.1.12
- affected 18.3.6
- affected 19.2.1
- affected 19.3.0
- affected 20.1.1
- affected 19.2.2
- affected 18.3.8
- affected 18.4.3
- affected 18.4.4
- affected 18.4.302
- affected 19.1.0
- affected 18.4.303
- affected 19.2.0
- affected 19.2.098
- affected 17.2.10
- affected 18.3.7
- affected 18.3.1
- affected 19.2.099
- affected 19.2.097
- affected 18.3.4
- affected 18.2.0
- affected 18.3.5
- affected 18.4.1
- affected 17.2.5
- affected 17.2.7
- affected 17.2.8
- affected 17.2.9
- affected 18.4.0
- affected 17.2.6
- affected 18.3.0
- affected 17.2.4
- affected 18.3.3
- affected 19.2.3
- affected 20.3.1
- affected 20.1.2
Cisco · Cisco SD-WAN vEdge Cloud
- affected 19.2.1
- affected 20.1.12
- affected 18.4.4
- affected 19.3.0
- affected 18.3.8
- affected 19.2.2
- affected 20.1.1
- affected 18.3.6
- affected 18.4.3
- affected 18.4.302
- affected 18.4.5
- affected 18.4.303
- affected 19.2.098
- affected 19.1.0
- affected 17.2.10
- affected 19.0.1a
- affected 19.2.099
- affected 18.3.7
- affected 19.2.097
- affected 18.3.1
- affected 19.2.0
- affected 17.2.9
- affected 18.3.4
- affected 18.2.0
- affected 18.4.1
- affected 17.2.5
- affected 18.4.0
- affected 18.3.5
- affected 18.3.3
- affected 17.2.7
- affected 17.2.6
- affected 17.2.8
- affected 18.3.0
- affected 17.2.4
- affected 19.2.3
- affected 20.3.1
- affected 20.1.2
- affected 19.2.929
- affected 19.2.31
- affected 20.3.2
- and 39 more
Cisco · Cisco SD-WAN vEdge Router
- affected 18.4.303
- affected 18.3.7
- affected 19.3.0
- affected 18.2.0
- affected 20.1.12
- affected 19.2.099
- affected 17.2.10
- affected 18.3.3
- affected 18.3.6
- affected 19.0.0
- affected 17.2.6
- affected 18.4.0
- affected 19.1.01
- affected 19.2.098
- affected 18.3.1
- affected 18.4.302
- affected 19.2.2
- affected 18.3.5
- affected 17.2.9
- affected 19.1.0
- affected 20.1.11
- affected 19.2.097
- affected 18.4.5
- affected 17.2.5
- affected 17.2.8
- affected 18.3.8
- affected 18.3.0
- affected 18.4.3
- affected 18.4.4
- affected 19.2.1
- affected 17.2.4
- affected 18.3.4
- affected 19.0.1a
- affected 20.1.1
- affected 17.2.7
- affected 18.4.1
- affected 19.2.0
- affected 19.2.3
- affected 20.3.1
- affected 20.1.2
- and 42 more
What to do
Exploitation: In February 2026, the Cisco PSIRT became aware of attempted exploitation of the vulnerability described in CVE-2022-20775. Cisco continues to strongly recommend that customers upgrade to a fixed software release to remediate this vulnerability.
References (4)
- cisco-sa-sd-wan-priv-E6e8tEdF (opens in a new tab)
- 20220928 Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://github.com/orangecertcc/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-wmjv-552v-pxjc (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-20775 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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