CVE-2025-20122: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Published May 7, 2025
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Updated

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, formerly Cisco SD-WAN vManage, could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain privileges of the root user on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An authenticated attacker with read-only privileges on the SD-WAN Manager system could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the CLI of the SD-WAN Manager. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain root privileges on the underlying operating system.

Affected Software

283 affected components
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=17.2.4
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=17.2.5
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=17.2.6
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=17.2.7
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=17.2.8
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=17.2.9
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=17.2.10
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=18.2.0
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=18.3.0
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=18.3.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=18.3.1.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=18.3.3
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=18.3.3.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=18.3.4
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=18.3.5
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=18.3.6
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=18.3.6.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=18.3.7
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=18.3.8
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=18.4.0
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=18.4.0.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=18.4.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=18.4.3
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=18.4.4
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=18.4.5
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=18.4.6
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=18.4.302
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=18.4.303
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=18.4.501_es
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=19.0.0
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=19.0.1a
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=19.1.0
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=19.2.0
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=19.2.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=19.2.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=19.2.3
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=19.2.4
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=19.2.4.0.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=19.2.4.0.8
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=19.2.4.0.9
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=19.2.31
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=19.2.32
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=19.2.097
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=19.2.098
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=19.2.099
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=19.2.929
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=19.3.0
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.1.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.1.1.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.1.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.1.2_937
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.1.3
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.1.3.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.1.12
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.2.0.5
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.2.0.6
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.2.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.2.1_927
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.2.1_930
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.2_925
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.2_928
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.2_929
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.2_937
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.3
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.3.0.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.3.0.4
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.3.0.8
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.3.0.14
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.3.0.16
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.3.0.17
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.3.0.18
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.3.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.3.1.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.3.1.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.3.1.5
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.3.1.7
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.3.1.10
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.3.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.4
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.4.0.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.4.0.5
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.4.0.6
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.4.0.9
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.4.0.11
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.4.0.19
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.4.0.20
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.4.0.24
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.4.0.25
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.4.0.26
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.4.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.4.1.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.4.1.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.4.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.4.2.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.4.2.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.4.3
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.5
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.5.0.7
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.5.0.8
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.5.0.9
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.5.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.6
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.7
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.7.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.7.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.8
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.813
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.3.814
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.4.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.4.1.0.01
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.4.1.0.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.4.1.0.02
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.4.1.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.4.1.1.5
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.4.1.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.4.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.4.2.0.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.4.2.0.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.4.2.0.4
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.4.2.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.4.2.1.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.4.2.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.4.2.2.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.4.2.2.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.4.2.2.3
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.4.2.2.4
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.4.2.2.8
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.4.2.3
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.5.0.1.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.5.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.5.1.0.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.5.1.0.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.5.1.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.5.1.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.0.18.3
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.0.18.4
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.1.0.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.1.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.1.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.2.0.4
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.2.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.2.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.2.2.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.2.2.3
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.2.2.4
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.2.2.7
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.0.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.0.5
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.0.7
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.0.10
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.0.11
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.0.14
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.0.18
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.0.19
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.0.23
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.0.25
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.0.27
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.0.29
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.0.31
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.0.32
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.0.33
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.0.38
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.0.39
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.0.40
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.0.41
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.0.45
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.0.46
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.0.47
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.0.51
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.1.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.3
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.3.4
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.4
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.4.0.4
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.4.0.19
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.4.0.21
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.4.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.4.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.5
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.5.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.5.1.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.5.1.3
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.5.1.4
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.5.1.5
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.5.1.6
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.5.1.7
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.5.1.9
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.5.1.10
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.5.1.11
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.5.1.13
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.5.1.14
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.5.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.5.2.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.5.2.3
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.5.2.4
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.5.2.8
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.5.3
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.5.4
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.5.5
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.6
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.6.0.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.7
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.6.8
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.7.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.7.1.0.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.7.1.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.7.1eft2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.7.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.8.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.1.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.1eft2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.2.0.01
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.2.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.2.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.2.3
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.3
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.3.0.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.3.0.3
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.3.0.4
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.3.0.5
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.3.0.7
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.3.0.8
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.3.0.12
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.3.0.16
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.3.0.17
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.3.0.18
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.3.0.20
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.3.0.21
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.3.0.23
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.3.0.24
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.3.0.25
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.3.0.26
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.3.0.29
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.3.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.3.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.4
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.4.0.4
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.4.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.4.1.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.4.1.3
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.4.1.6
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.5
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.5.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.5.1.4
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.5.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.5.2.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.5.2.7
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.5.2.13
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.5.2.14
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.5.2.16
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.5.2.21
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.5.3
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.6
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.9.6.0.3
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.10.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.10.1.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.10.1.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.11.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.11.1.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.11.1.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.12.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.12.2
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.12.3
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.12.3.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.12.4
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.12.4.0.03
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.12.4.0.4
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.12.4.0.6
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.12.4.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.12.401
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.13.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.14.1
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager=20.15.1

Event History

May 7, 2025
CVE Published
via MITRE·05:18 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·05:18 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·06:15 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2025-20122?

CVE-2025-20122 is rated as a high severity vulnerability due to its potential to allow root access on affected systems.

2

How do I fix CVE-2025-20122?

To mitigate CVE-2025-20122, apply the latest security patches provided by Cisco for the Catalyst SD-WAN Manager.

3

Who is affected by CVE-2025-20122?

CVE-2025-20122 affects users of the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager with insufficient input validation vulnerabilities.

4

What type of attack can be executed using CVE-2025-20122?

An authenticated, local attacker can exploit CVE-2025-20122 to gain elevated privileges to the root user on the operating system.

5

When was CVE-2025-20122 disclosed?

CVE-2025-20122 was disclosed in 2025, highlighting significant security concerns for the affected software.

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