CVE-2026-20245 — Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output Vulnerability
Overview
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager formerly SD-WAN vManage contains an improper encoding or escaping of output vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root by supplying a crafted file to the affected system.
Vulnerability details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-20245
- Vulnerability
- Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output Vulnerability
- Vendor
- Cisco
- Affected products
- Cisco: Catalyst SD-WAN Manager
- Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitation status
- Actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV)
- EPSS score
- 0.95% probability of exploitation in 30 days · 57th percentile
- Published
- 2026-06-09
Remediation guidance
CVE-2026-20245 is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog — U.S. federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it under Binding Operational Directive 22-01. Treat it as a priority for every environment.
Apply the vendor's official security update for Cisco the affected product as soon as possible. Where a patch is unavailable, apply vendor mitigations or isolate/segment exposed systems.
FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.95% probability that CVE-2026-20245 will be exploited within the next 30 days (57th percentile of all CVEs) — useful for risk-based patch sequencing.
Hunt for indicators of compromise tied to this vulnerability and confirm logging/EDR coverage on affected assets.
Authoritative references
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