Cisco SD-WAN Software Arbitrary File Corruption Vulnerability

published 2022-09-30 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-26180

cvss: 6.7; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 17%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite and possibly corrupt files on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting arbitrary commands that are executed as the root user account. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary system files, which could result in a denial of service (DoS) condition.

Patch / fix

fixed in 4

cisco sd-wan_vbond_orchestrator 20.6.2
cisco sd-wan_vmanage 20.6.2
cisco sd-wan_vsmart_controller 20.6.2
cisco sd-wan 20.6.2

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-11-01)

Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Cisco Cisco SD-WAN vManage

Classification

Weakness

CWE-88 Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwan-privesc-cli-xkGwmqKu
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-20930
NVD CVE-2022-20930

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Summary