Executive Risk Summary
"A vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager could allow an authenticated, local attacker with low privileges to gain root privileges on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is due to an insufficient user authentication mechanism in the REST API."
Operational Audit Arsenal
Target Type Firmware
Target Asset Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager
Standard Path https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwan-authbp-qwCX8D4v
Manual Verification Required
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Patch Impact Forecast
Reboot Required Likely
Potential disruption to network services during patching
Internal Work Notes
CVE-2026-20126: Catalyst SD-WAN Manager vulnerability allowing low-privilege attackers to gain root access, patching required to prevent exploitation
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