Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format
What to do
Please adhere to CISA’s guidelines to assess exposure and mitigate risks associated with Cisco SD-WAN devices as outlines in CISA’s Emergency Directive 26-03 (URL listed below in Notes) and CISA’s “Hunt & Hardening Guidance for Cisco SD-WAN Devices (URL listed below in Notes). Adhere to the applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are not available.
CISA deadline 2026-04-23 · passed 4 months ago · applies to US federal civilian agencies; used elsewhere as a reference SLA
What happened
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager contains a storing passwords in a recoverable format vulnerability that allows an authenticated, local attacker to gain DCA user privileges by accessing a credential file for the DCA user on the filesystem as a low-privileged user.
Who is affected
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager. Affected version ranges are listed in the vendor advisory and the NVD entry linked under Sources.
Weakness class: CWE-257.
Timeline
- Added to CISA KEVExploitation in the wild confirmed by CISA
- CISA remediation deadlinepassed 4 months ago
Sources
- NVD entry for CVE-2026-20128 nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20128
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
- cisa.gov www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/ed-26-03-mitigate-vulnerabilities-cisco-sd-wan-systems
- cisa.gov www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/supplemental-direction-ed-26-03-hunt-and-hardening-guidance-cisco-sd-wan-systems
- sec.cloudapps.cisco.com sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwan-authbp-qwCX8D4v
- nvd.nist.gov nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20128