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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller, Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, and Catalyst SD-WAN Validator Authenticated Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

medcisco_psirtPublished 2026-07-21

<p>A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller, formerly SD-WAN vSmart, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, formerly SD-WAN vManage, and Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Validator, formerly SD-WAN vBond, could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands as <em>root</em> by supplying a crafted file to the affected system.</p> <p>This vulnerability is due to insufficient

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Original source: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwan-privesc-4uxFrdzx?vs_f=Cisco%20Security%20Advisory%26vs_cat=Security%20Intelligence%26vs_type=RSS%26vs_p=Cisco%20Catalyst%20SD-WAN%20Controller,%20Catalyst%20SD-WAN%20Manager,%20and%20Catalyst%20SD-WAN%20Validator%20Authenticated%20Privilege%20Escalation%20Vulnerability%26vs_k=1