CVE-2025-20122 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (formerly vManage). An authenticated attacker with read-only privileges can exploit insufficient input validation to gain root access on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a local attack vector with low attack complexity, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
17.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:catalyst_sd-wan_manager:17.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
17.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:catalyst_sd-wan_manager:17.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
17.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:catalyst_sd-wan_manager:17.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
17.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:catalyst_sd-wan_manager:17.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
17.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:catalyst_sd-wan_manager:17.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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