CVE-2020-26073 in the critical feed json
Cisco SD-WAN vManage Directory Traversal Vulnerability
published last yr. modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-18703
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 12.6%
- EPSS 12.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known, plus a Nuclei check
Summary
A vulnerability in the application data endpoints of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of directory traversal character sequences within requests to application programmatic interfaces (APIs). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious requests to an API within the affected application. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to conduct directory traversal attacks and gain access to sensitive information including credentials or user tokens.Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
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Check with FencerCISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- last yr.
Exploit prediction
12.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- Nuclei template Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software - Local File Inclusion nuclei detection template
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/RL:X/RC:X/E:X |
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- Cisco Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager
- cisco catalyst_sd-wan_manager
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-35 Path Traversal: '.../...//'
References
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sec.cloudapps.cisco.com
/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-vman-traversal-hQh24tmk
vendor-advisory
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sec.cloudapps.cisco.com
/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asa-ssl-dos-7uZWwSEy
not-applicable
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sec.cloudapps.cisco.com
/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-vmanage-escalation-Jhqs5Skf
not-applicable
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2020-26073
- NVD CVE-2020-26073
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