A vulnerability in the API user authentication of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain access to an affected system as a user who has the netadmin role.
The vulnerability is due to improper authentication for requests that are sent to the API. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the API of an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands with the privileges of the netadmin role.
Note: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager releases 20.18 and later are not affected by this vulnerability.
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Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:15:00 +0000
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| Description | A vulnerability in the API user authentication of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain access to an affected system as a user who has the netadmin role. The vulnerability is due to improper authentication for requests that are sent to the API. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the API of an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands with the privileges of the netadmin role. Note: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager releases 20.18 and later are not affected by this vulnerability. | |
| Title | Cisco Catayst SD-WAN Authentication Bypass Vulnerability | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-287 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: cisco
Published:
Updated: 2026-02-25T19:05:52.414Z
Reserved: 2025-10-08T11:59:15.379Z
Link: CVE-2026-20129
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-02-25T17:25:30.343
Modified: 2026-02-25T17:25:30.343
Link: CVE-2026-20129
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