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CVE-2026-20127

98
FAUCET Score

CVE-2026-20127 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller and Manager, allowing an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain administrative privileges due to a flaw in the peering authentication mechanism. With a CVSS score of 10.0 Critical, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and low complexity, enabling an attacker to achieve full administrative control over the SD-WAN fabric, including manipulating network configurations. This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, listed on CISA's KEV catalog and Hot List, and has garnered significant community and media attention, underscoring its immediate threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 20.9.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:catalyst_sd-wan_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 20.11, < 20.12.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:catalyst_sd-wan_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 20.13, < 20.15.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:catalyst_sd-wan_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 20.16, < 20.18.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:catalyst_sd-wan_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
20.12.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:catalyst_sd-wan_manager:20.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

10.0CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
88.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Feb 25, 2026
Metasploit: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller Authentication Bypass · Feb 25, 2026
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8824 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
sec.cloudapps.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwan-rpa-EHchtZk
Vendor Advisory