Silver Peak EdgeConnect SD-WAN before 8.1.7.x allows privilege escalation (by administrators) from the menu to a root Bash OS shell via the…

published 2019-09-08 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-6948

cvss: 7.2; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.8%; EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits: 0; none known

Silver Peak EdgeConnect SD-WAN before 8.1.7.x allows privilege escalation (by administrators) from the menu to a root Bash OS shell via the spsshell feature.

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Exploit prediction

1.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/sdnewhop/sdwannewhope/blob/master/reports/Silverpeak%20EdgeConnect%20Multiple%20Vulnerabilities%20-%20032018.pdf referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.2	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	9.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

github.com /sdnewhop/sdwannewhope/blob/master/reports/Silverpeak%20EdgeConnect%20Multiple%20Vulnerabilities%20-%20032018.
exploit, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-16103
NVD CVE-2019-16103

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