Cisco SD-WAN Solution Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

published 2020-01-26 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-24386

cvss: 8.8; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 26%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability in the CLI of the Cisco SD-WAN Solution vManage software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root-level privileges on the underlying operating system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted file to the affected system. An exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root-level privileges.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: last yr. (2024-11-15)

Exploit prediction

0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	8.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Cisco Cisco SD-WAN Solution

Classification

Weakness

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20200122-sdwan-priv-esc
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-3115
NVD CVE-2020-3115

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