CVE-2022-20775 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2022-20775

Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vulnerability 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

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, Cisco SD-WAN vContainer, Cisco SD-WAN vEdge Cloud, Cisco SD-WAN vEdge Router
Vulnerable Versions:
18.3.1, 19.2.1, 17.2.4, 19.3.0, 18.3.0, 18.3.4, 18.4.303, 18.4.0.1, 17.2.9, 18.3.7, 18.2.0, 17.2.10, 18.4.5, 18.4.0, 17.2.5, 18.3.8, 18.4.4, 18.4.302, 17.2.7, 19.2.098, 20.1.1, 19.2.099, 18.3.3, 18.4.1, 17.2.8, 18.3.5, 19.0.0, 18.4.3, 19.1.0, 17.2.6, 18.3.3.1, 19.2.097, 20.1.1.1, 18.3.6, 19.2.0, 19.2.2, 20.1.11, 20.1.12, 19.1.0a, 19.2.3, 17.3.1ESM1, 20.3.1, 17.3.1ESM2, 17.2.1LA, 20.1.2, 17.3.1ESM3, 19.2.929, 19.2.31, 20.3.2, 19.2.32, 17.3.2ESM1, 20.3.2.1, 18.4.6, 20.4.1, 17.3.2ESM2, 19.2.4, 20.4.1.1, 20.3.3, 20.3.809, 20.3.3.1, 20.5.1, 20.3.811, 20.1.3, 20.4.1.2, 17.4.2.2527, 17.4.2ES1, 17.3.2ESM3, 20.4.2, 20.3.4, 20.6.1, 20.6.1.1, 20.6.2, 20.7.1, 20.4.2.1, 20.3.4.1, 20.5.1.1, 20.6.2.1, 20.3.4.2, 20.4.2.2, 20.6.2.2, 20.5.1.2, 20.7.1.1, 20.3.5, 20.6.3, 20.7.2, 20.6.3.1, 20.6.4, 20.3.6, 20.6.5, 20.3.7, 20.6.5.1, 20.6.4.1, 20.6.3.2, 20.4.2.3, 20.6.1.2, 20.3.4.3, 20.6.5.2, 20.3.3.2, 20.3.7.1, 20.3.5.1, 20.1.3.1, 20.6.5.3, 20.6.3.3, 20.3.7.2, 20.6.5.4, 20.6.4.2, 20.6.5.5, 20.6.3.4, 20.3.8, 20.6.6, 20.6.7, 20.6.8, 18.3.6.1, 19.0.1a, 18.3.1.1, 18.4.501_ES, 20.3.2_925, 20.3.2.1_927, 20.1.2_937, 20.3.2_928, 20.3.2_929, 20.4.1.0.1, 20.3.2.1_930, 20.5.0.1.1, 19.2.4.0.1, 20.3.2_937, 20.3.3.0.4, 20.3.3.1.2, 20.3.3.1.1, 20.3.3.0.2, 20.4.1.1.5, 20.4.1.0.01, 20.4.1.0.02, 20.3.3.1.7, 20.3.3.1.5, 20.5.1.0.1, 20.3.3.1.10, 20.3.3.0.8, 20.4.2.0.1, 20.3.3.0.14, 19.2.4.0.8, 19.2.4.0.9, 20.3.4.0.1, 20.3.2.0.5, 20.5.1.0.2, 20.3.3.0.17, 20.6.0.18.3, 20.3.2.0.6, 20.6.0.18.4, 20.4.2.0.2, 20.3.3.0.16, 20.3.4.0.5, 20.6.1.0.1, 20.3.4.0.6, 20.7.1EFT2, 20.3.4.0.9, 20.3.4.0.11, 20.4.2.0.4, 20.3.3.0.18, 20.4.2.1.1, 20.3.4.1.1, 20.3.813, 20.3.4.0.19, 20.4.2.2.1, 20.3.814, 20.3.4.2.1, 20.3.4.1.2, 20.6.2.2.2, 20.3.4.0.20, 20.6.2.2.3, 20.4.2.2.2, 20.6.2.0.4, 20.4.2.2.3, 20.3.4.0.24, 20.6.2.2.7, 20.3.4.2.2, 20.4.2.2.4, 20.7.1.0.2, 20.3.5.0.8, 20.3.5.0.9, 20.3.5.0.7, 20.3.4.0.25, 20.6.2.2.4, 20.3.4.0.26, 19.1.01, 20.7.1.2

Timeline

Official Publish: September 30th, 2022
Last Modified: March 2nd, 2026
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-25

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.