High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 15, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-20716

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain escalated privileges. This vulnerability is due to improper access control on files within the affected system. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modifying certain files on the vulnerable device. If successful, the attacker could gain escalated privileges and take actions on the system with the privileges of the root user.

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Affected products

Cisco Systems, Inc./SD-WAN Softwarellm-fuzzy
Cisco Systems, Inc./Cisco SD-WAN Solution softwarecpe-rescue
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Patches

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References

tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sd-wan-file-access-VW36d28PnvdVendor Advisory

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