What is CVE-2025-20122?

CVE-2025-20122 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager, classified under Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-05-07.

How severe is CVE-2025-20122?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager

CVE-2025-20122

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.

EPSS: 0.001 (4.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Catalyst_sd-wan_manager — versions 17.2.4, 17.2.5, 17.2.6
Cisco Catalyst Sd-wan Manager — versions 20.1.12, 19.2.1, 18.4.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-300 — Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint

References

psirt@cisco.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-20122?: CVE-2025-20122 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager, classified under Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-05-07.
How severe is CVE-2025-20122?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.