What it is
CVE-2022-20775 is Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain elevated privileges. This...
Vulnerability report
Exploited in the wild
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CVE-2022-20775
Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN · 18.3.1
- Severity
- CVSS 7.8 · High
- Confidence
- Confirmed
- Exploit status
- Exploited in the wild
- EPSS
- 12.5%
- First observed
- —
- Last observed
- —
Decision summary
What security teams need to know first
Direct answers before the deeper technical record.
Is it exploited?
Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed. Listed in CISA KEV. Also confirmed by third-party sources.
Who is affected?
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN 18.3.1.
What should we do?
Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.
Overview
Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain elevated privileges.
This vulnerability is due to improper access controls on commands within the application CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a maliciously crafted command on the application CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as the root user. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sd-wan-priv-E6e8tEdF
Vendor
Product
Affected
Status
Cisco
Affected
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
18.3.1
19.2.1
17.2.4
19.3.0
18.3.0
18.3.4
18.4.303
18.4.0.1
17.2.9
18.3.7
18.2.0
17.2.10
18.4.5
18.4.0
17.2.5
18.3.8
18.4.4
18.4.302
17.2.7
19.2.098
20.1.1
19.2.099
18.3.3
18.4.1
17.2.8
18.3.5
19.0.0
18.4.3
19.1.0
17.2.6
18.3.3.1
19.2.097
20.1.1.1
18.3.6
19.2.0
19.2.2
20.1.11
20.1.12
19.1.0a
19.2.3
17.3.1ESM1
20.3.1
17.3.1ESM2
17.2.1LA
20.1.2
17.3.1ESM3
19.2.929
19.2.31
20.3.2
19.2.32
17.3.2ESM1
20.3.2.1
18.4.6
20.4.1
17.3.2ESM2
19.2.4
20.4.1.1
20.3.3
20.3.809
20.3.3.1
20.5.1
20.3.811
20.1.3
20.4.1.2
17.4.2.2527
17.4.2ES1
17.3.2ESM3
20.4.2
20.3.4
20.6.1
20.6.1.1
20.6.2
20.7.1
20.4.2.1
20.3.4.1
20.5.1.1
20.6.2.1
20.3.4.2
20.4.2.2
20.6.2.2
20.5.1.2
20.7.1.1
20.3.5
20.6.3
20.7.2
20.6.3.1
20.6.4
20.3.6
20.6.5
20.3.7
20.6.5.1
20.6.4.1
20.6.3.2
20.4.2.3
20.6.1.2
20.3.4.3
20.6.5.2
20.3.3.2
20.3.7.1
20.3.5.1
20.1.3.1
20.6.5.3
20.6.3.3
20.3.7.2
20.6.5.4
20.6.4.2
20.6.5.5
20.6.3.4
20.3.8
20.6.6
20.6.7
20.6.8
Affected
Cisco
Affected
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager
20.1.12
19.2.1
18.4.4
18.4.5
20.1.1.1
20.1.1
19.3.0
19.2.2
19.2.099
18.3.6
18.3.7
19.2.0
18.3.8
19.0.0
19.1.0
18.4.302
18.4.303
19.2.097
19.2.098
17.2.10
18.3.6.1
19.0.1a
18.2.0
18.4.3
18.4.1
17.2.8
18.3.3.1
18.4.0
18.3.1
17.2.6
17.2.9
18.3.4
17.2.5
18.3.1.1
18.3.5
18.4.0.1
18.3.3
17.2.7
17.2.4
18.3.0
19.2.3
18.4.501_ES
20.3.1
20.1.2
19.2.929
19.2.31
20.3.2
19.2.32
20.3.2_925
20.3.2.1
20.3.2.1_927
18.4.6
20.1.2_937
20.4.1
20.3.2_928
20.3.2_929
20.4.1.0.1
20.3.2.1_930
19.2.4
20.5.0.1.1
20.4.1.1
20.3.3
19.2.4.0.1
20.3.2_937
20.3.3.1
20.5.1
20.1.3
20.3.3.0.4
20.3.3.1.2
20.3.3.1.1
20.4.1.2
20.3.3.0.2
20.4.1.1.5
20.4.1.0.01
20.4.1.0.02
20.3.3.1.7
20.3.3.1.5
20.5.1.0.1
20.3.3.1.10
20.3.3.0.8
20.4.2
20.4.2.0.1
20.3.4
20.3.3.0.14
19.2.4.0.8
19.2.4.0.9
20.3.4.0.1
20.3.2.0.5
20.6.1
20.5.1.0.2
20.3.3.0.17
20.6.1.1
20.6.0.18.3
20.3.2.0.6
20.6.0.18.4
20.4.2.0.2
20.3.3.0.16
20.3.4.0.5
20.6.1.0.1
20.3.4.0.6
20.6.2
20.7.1EFT2
20.3.4.0.9
20.3.4.0.11
20.4.2.0.4
20.3.3.0.18
20.7.1
20.6.2.1
20.3.4.1
20.5.1.1
20.4.2.1
20.4.2.1.1
20.3.4.1.1
20.3.813
20.3.4.0.19
20.4.2.2.1
20.5.1.2
20.3.4.2
20.3.814
20.4.2.2
20.6.2.2
20.3.4.2.1
20.7.1.1
20.3.4.1.2
20.6.2.2.2
20.3.4.0.20
20.6.2.2.3
20.4.2.2.2
20.3.5
20.6.2.0.4
20.4.2.2.3
20.3.4.0.24
20.6.2.2.7
20.6.3
20.3.4.2.2
20.4.2.2.4
20.7.1.0.2
20.3.5.0.8
20.3.5.0.9
20.3.5.0.7
20.3.6
20.3.7
20.3.5.1
20.3.4.3
20.3.3.2
20.3.7.1
20.3.4.0.25
20.6.2.2.4
20.6.1.2
20.3.4.0.26
20.3.7.2
20.3.8
Affected
Cisco
Affected
Cisco SD-WAN vContainer
18.4.5
20.1.12
18.3.6
19.2.1
19.3.0
20.1.1
19.2.2
18.3.8
18.4.3
18.4.4
18.4.302
19.1.0
18.4.303
19.2.0
19.2.098
17.2.10
18.3.7
18.3.1
19.2.099
19.2.097
18.3.4
18.2.0
18.3.5
18.4.1
17.2.5
17.2.7
17.2.8
17.2.9
18.4.0
17.2.6
18.3.0
17.2.4
18.3.3
19.2.3
20.3.1
20.1.2
Affected
Cisco
Affected
Cisco SD-WAN vEdge Cloud
19.2.1
20.1.12
18.4.4
19.3.0
18.3.8
19.2.2
20.1.1
18.3.6
18.4.3
18.4.302
18.4.5
18.4.303
19.2.098
19.1.0
17.2.10
19.0.1a
19.2.099
18.3.7
19.2.097
18.3.1
19.2.0
17.2.9
18.3.4
18.2.0
18.4.1
17.2.5
18.4.0
18.3.5
18.3.3
17.2.7
17.2.6
17.2.8
18.3.0
17.2.4
19.2.3
20.3.1
20.1.2
19.2.929
19.2.31
20.3.2
19.2.32
18.4.6
20.4.1
19.2.4
20.4.1.1
20.3.3
20.5.1
20.1.3
20.4.1.2
20.4.2
20.3.4
20.6.1
20.6.2
20.7.1
20.3.5
20.6.3
20.7.2
20.6.4
20.3.6
20.6.5
20.3.7
20.4.2.3
20.3.4.3
20.6.4.1
20.6.3.2
20.3.5.1
20.6.5.2
20.3.7.1
20.3.3.2
20.6.1.2
20.1.3.1
20.6.5.3
20.6.3.3
20.3.7.2
20.6.5.4
20.3.8
20.6.6
20.6.7
20.6.8
Affected
Cisco
Affected
Cisco SD-WAN vEdge Router
18.4.303
18.3.7
19.3.0
18.2.0
20.1.12
19.2.099
17.2.10
18.3.3
18.3.6
19.0.0
17.2.6
18.4.0
19.1.01
19.2.098
18.3.1
18.4.302
19.2.2
18.3.5
17.2.9
19.1.0
20.1.11
19.2.097
18.4.5
17.2.5
17.2.8
18.3.8
18.3.0
18.4.3
18.4.4
19.2.1
17.2.4
18.3.4
19.0.1a
20.1.1
17.2.7
18.4.1
19.2.0
19.2.3
20.3.1
20.1.2
19.2.929
19.2.31
20.3.2
19.2.32
18.4.6
20.4.1
19.2.4
20.4.1.1
20.3.3
20.5.1
20.1.3
20.4.1.2
20.4.2
20.3.4
20.6.1
20.6.2
20.7.1
20.7.1.2
20.3.5
20.6.3
20.7.2
20.6.4
20.3.6
20.6.5
20.3.7
20.6.5.1
20.3.3.2
20.6.4.1
20.6.3.2
20.3.4.3
20.6.5.2
20.3.7.1
20.3.5.1
20.6.1.2
20.6.5.3
20.6.3.3
20.3.7.2
20.6.5.4
20.3.8
20.6.6
20.6.7
20.6.8
Affected
- Published
- 30 Sep 2022
- Exploitation Reported
- 01 Jun 2026
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
Tags
cisa
edge
CVE References
- CVE Record CVE.org · CVE Record https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-20775
- cisco-sa-sd-wan-priv-E6e8tEdF sec.cloudapps.cisco.com · CVE Record https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurity...
Exploitation evidence
Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited
Third-party attestation and first-party sensor observation are shown separately so teams can judge the evidence chain.
Exploited in the wild
CVE
A trusted third party reported exploitation.
Known exploited vulnerability sources
Per-source evidence links for KEV attestations are available through the Previdian Pro API.
Learn about Pro API access| Source | Added |
|---|---|
| CVE First | 2026-06-01 11:08 UTC |
| CISA | 2026-06-02 14:03 UTC |
Detection
Operational artifacts and observed signals
Make the evidence actionable in scanner, SOC, and edge-control workflows.
Observed signals
- Request targets
- User-Agents
- Callback hosts
- 0
- 0
- 0
Request targets and User-Agents available in Pro. Callback host details available in Enterprise.
Scanner coverage
No scanner integrations recorded yet.
Virtual patch status
No Previdian virtual patch is currently available. Future rules ship for ModSecurity, Cloudflare, and AWS WAF.
Learn about virtual patches →No detection artifacts or sensor request patterns are available for this CVE yet.
Check back as sensor telemetry and scanner integrations are updated.
Risk and context
Severity, weaknesses, and research context
CVSS v3.1
7.8
High
Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
12.5%
Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.
Weaknesses
Timeline
From disclosure to observed exploitation
-
14:03 UTC
Added to CISA KEV
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
-
11:08 UTC
Added to Previdian KEV Feed
High-confidence, third-party attested exploitation
-
18:45 UTC
CVE published
Vulnerability disclosed publicly
-
00:00 UTC
CVE ID reserved
Identifier reserved by the CNA
Pro API
Automate this intelligence
Confidence, exploit status, sensor telemetry, PoCs, scanner integrations, mentions, and tags are available programmatically for VM, SOC, and CTI workflows.
- Evidence confidence and provenance
- First-party sensor telemetry
- PoC and scanner references
- Affected versions and enrichment
- Automation-ready JSON delivery
GET /api/v2/pro/kevs/CVE-2022-20775
Free JSON includes basic KEV fields{
"cve_id": "CVE-2022-20775",
"confidence": "Confirmed",
"cvss_score": 7.8,
"cvss_estimated": false,
"epss_score": 0.12475,
"exploit_status": {
"exploited_in_the_wild": true,
"active_exploitation_observed": false
},
"sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}