CVE-2022-20775: Cisco SD-WAN Path Traversal Vulnerability
Affects Cisco SD-WANSource CISA KEV
No CVSS score published yet
- Exploitation
Actively exploited – in CISA KEV since 02/25/2026
- KEV deadline
- 02/27/2026
- EPSS
- 12.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 96% of CVEs
What to do
CISA required action
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.
- cisa.gov/news-events/directives/ed-26-03-mitigate-vulnerabilities-cisco-sd-wan-systems (opens in a new tab)
- cisa.gov/news-events/directives/supplemental-direction-ed-26-03-hunt-and-hardening-guidance-cisco-sd-wan-systems (opens in a new tab)
- cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/csa/cisco-sa-sd-wan-priv-E6e8tEdF.html (opens in a new tab)
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20775 (opens in a new tab)
Description
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.
Weaknesses
References
- cisa.gov/news-events/directives/ed-26-03-mitigate-vulnerabilities-cisco-sd-wan-systems (opens in a new tab)
- cisa.gov/news-events/directives/supplemental-direction-ed-26-03-hunt-and-hardening-guidance-cisco-sd-wan-systems (opens in a new tab)
- cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/csa/cisco-sa-sd-wan-priv-E6e8tEdF.html (opens in a new tab)
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20775 (opens in a new tab)
- cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search=CVE-2022-20775 (opens in a new tab)