CVE-2026-20182

CRITICAL CISA KEV
ACT NOW Priority: 9.18 BB Relevance: 90/100
Published: 2026-05-14 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact Scope Change

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: Changed
C: High
I: High
A: High

Description

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller & Manager contain an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and obtain administrative privileges on an affected system.

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Vendor / Product Cisco — Catalyst SD-WAN
Date Added 2026-05-14
Remediation Due 2026-05-17
CISA Mitigation Instructions: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/ed-26-03-mitigate-vulnerabilities-cisco-sd-wan-systems ; https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/supplemental-direction-ed-26-03-hunt-and-hardening-guidance-cisco-sd-wan-systems ; https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwan-rpa2-v69WY2SW ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20182

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (24)

VendorProductVersion
cisco catalyst_sd-wan_manager < 20.9.9.1
cisco catalyst_sd-wan_manager 20.10 – 20.12.5.4
cisco catalyst_sd-wan_manager 20.12.6 – 20.12.6.2
cisco catalyst_sd-wan_manager 20.13 – 20.15.4.4
cisco catalyst_sd-wan_manager 20.15.5 – 20.15.5.2
cisco catalyst_sd-wan_manager 20.16 – 20.18.2.2
cisco catalyst_sd-wan_manager 26.1 – 26.1.1.1
cisco catalyst_sd-wan_manager 20.12.7
cisco sd-wan_vbond_orchestrator < 20.9.9.1
cisco sd-wan_vbond_orchestrator 20.10 – 20.12.5.4
cisco sd-wan_vbond_orchestrator 20.12.6 – 20.12.6.2
cisco sd-wan_vbond_orchestrator 20.13 – 20.15.4.4
cisco sd-wan_vbond_orchestrator 20.15.5 – 20.15.5.2
cisco sd-wan_vbond_orchestrator 20.16 – 20.18.2.2
cisco sd-wan_vbond_orchestrator 26.1 – 26.1.1.1
cisco sd-wan_vbond_orchestrator 20.12.7
cisco sd-wan_vsmart_controller < 20.9.9.1
cisco sd-wan_vsmart_controller 20.10 – 20.12.5.4
cisco sd-wan_vsmart_controller 20.12.6 – 20.12.6.2
cisco sd-wan_vsmart_controller 20.13 – 20.15.4.4
cisco sd-wan_vsmart_controller 20.15.5 – 20.15.5.2
cisco sd-wan_vsmart_controller 20.16 – 20.18.2.2
cisco sd-wan_vsmart_controller 26.1 – 26.1.1.1
cisco sd-wan_vsmart_controller 20.12.7

Bug Bounty Relevance

90 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction
✓ Known exploited (KEV)
✓ High exploitation probability

CVSS Score

10.0 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

91.82%
Raw Score 0.918170
Percentile 99.8%
Date 2026-10-28

Intelligence Sources

kev ref →
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