Medium severity6.0NVD Advisory· Published Mar 24, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-1382
CVE-2021-1382
Description
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject arbitrary commands to be executed with root privileges on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation on certain CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device and submitting crafted input to the CLI. The attacker must be authenticated as an administrative user to execute the affected commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands with root privileges.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <17.3.3
- (no CPE)
- Range: n/a
Patches
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References
2- github.com/orangecertcc/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-7xfm-92p7-qc57nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-xesdwcinj-t68PPW7mnvdVendor Advisory
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