CVE-2022-20818: Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
This Cisco advisory covers CVE-2022-20818 in Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, SD-WAN vEdge Router and SD-WAN vEdge Cloud.
- CVE-2022-20818
Key facts
- Vendor rating
- High, CVSS 7.8
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H· base score 7.8, scored by ciscoAttack vector: local. Attack complexity: low. Privileges required: low. User interaction: none. Scope: unchanged. Confidentiality impact: high. Integrity impact: high. Availability impact: high.- Weakness
- CWE-25
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: proof of concept exists. Automatable: no. Technical impact: total. CISA, .
- CISA KEV
- Not listed (catalogue checked )
- Affected
- Scope: These vulnerabilities affect the following Cisco products if they are running a vulnerable release of Cisco SD-WAN Software:; 18.4 and earlier — Migrate to a fixed release; 19.2 — Migrate to a fixed release and 8 more below
- Fixed in
- 20.6.3, 20.7.2, 20.8.1 and 1 more below
- Source published
- Source revised
- Listed by VulniPulse
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Affected products & platforms
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities in the CLI of Cisco SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain elevated privileges. These vulnerabilities are due to improper access controls on commands within the application CLI.
Affected products named by the advisory: Catalyst SD-WAN Manager; SD-WAN vEdge Router; SD-WAN vEdge Cloud; SD-WAN vContainer.
Text from the source record.
- Scope: These vulnerabilities affect the following Cisco products if they are running a vulnerable release of Cisco SD-WAN Software:
- 18.4 and earlier — Migrate to a fixed release
- 19.2 — Migrate to a fixed release
- 20.3 — Migrate to a fixed release
- Release 20.6 (first fixed: 20.6.3)
- Release 20.7 (first fixed: 20.7.2)
- Release 20.8 (first fixed: 20.8.1)
- Release 20.9 (first fixed: Not affected)
- 20.6 — Migrate to a fixed release
- 20.7 — Migrate to a fixed release
- 20.8 — Migrate to a fixed release
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How to fix CVE-2022-20818
Upgrade to a fixed release named by Cisco:
- 20.6.3
- 20.7.2
- 20.8.1
- Not affected
Vendor guidance
- Upgrade to the first fixed release for your train per the Fixed Releases table in this advisory.
- Release 18.4 and earlier: migrate to a fixed release.
- Release 19.2: migrate to a fixed release.
- Release 20.3: migrate to a fixed release.
- Release 20.6: upgrade to 20.6.3.
- Release 20.7: upgrade to 20.7.2.
- Release 20.8: upgrade to 20.8.1.
- Release 20.9: upgrade to Not affected.
- Release 18.4 and earlier: migrate to a fixed release.
Workaround status
- There are no workarounds that address these vulnerabilities.
End-of-life dates for Cisco SD-WAN
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