CVE-2022-20775: Cisco SD-WAN Path Traversal Vulnerability

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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name
Cisco SD-WAN Path Traversal Vulnerability
Vendor
Cisco
Product
SD-WAN
Added to the catalog
2026-02-25
Due date for US federal agencies
2026-02-27
Weaknesses
CWE-25, CWE-282
Catalog version
2026.10.30

Cisco SD-WAN CLI contains a path traversal vulnerability that could allow an authenticated local attacker to gain elevated privileges via improper access controls on commands within the application CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as the root user.

Required action (CISA)

Please adhere to CISA’s guidelines to assess exposure and mitigate risks associated with Cisco SD-WAN devices as outlines in CISA’s Emergency Directive 26-03 (URL listed below in Notes) and CISA’s “Hunt & Hardening Guidance for Cisco SD-WAN Devices (URL listed below in Notes). Adhere to the applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are not available.

Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

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NVD analysis

Status
Analyzed
Published
2022-09-30T19:15:11.467
Last modified
2026-06-17T04:25:04.257
Weaknesses
CWE-25, CWE-22

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain elevated privileges.

This vulnerability is due to improper access controls on commands within the application CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a maliciously crafted command on the application CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as the root user.
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sd-wan-priv-E6e8tEdF

MetricScoreSeverityVectorScored by
CVSS 3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H[email protected] (Secondary)
CVSS 3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H[email protected] (Primary)

References

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CVE record

Title (CNA)
Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Assigner
cisco
State
PUBLISHED
Published
2022-09-30T18:45:26.687Z
Updated
2026-03-02T13:12:09.231Z
Problem types
Path Traversal: '/../filedir'

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain elevated privileges.

This vulnerability is due to improper access controls on commands within the application CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a maliciously crafted command on the application CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as the root user.
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sd-wan-priv-E6e8tEdF

References

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Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)

D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

D3FEND ontology version 1.6.0.

Read on 2026-11-02T23:53:56.145Z under licence d3fend-terms-of-use@f98cbc7e from https://d3fend.mitre.org/api/weakness/cwe/CWE-22.json

CWE-25: Path Traversal: '/../filedir'

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Read on 2026-11-02T23:54:00.833Z under licence d3fend-terms-of-use@f98cbc7e from https://d3fend.mitre.org/api/weakness/cwe/CWE-25.json

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Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2022-20775: Cisco SD-WAN Path Traversal Vulnerability",
entity page, dataset version ref-62ebb452f0a1, updated 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2022-20775 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-06-17T04:25:04.257.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2026-03-02T13:12:09.231Z.
Underlying source: MITRE D3FEND, ontology version 1.6.0.

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