High severity8.6NVD Advisory· Published May 14, 2026· Updated May 14, 2026
CVE-2026-20224
CVE-2026-20224
Description
A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, formerly SD-WAN vManage, could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to read arbitrary files that are stored in an affected system. The attacker does not need to have valid user credentials.
This vulnerability is due to improper handling of XML External Entity (XXE) entries when parsing an XML file. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read arbitrary files that are stored in the affected system.
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1- Cisco patches another actively exploited SD-WAN zero-day (CVE-2026-20182)Help Net Security · May 15, 2026