CVE-2026-20128: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
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.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A storing passwords in a recoverable format vulnerability allows an authenticated, local attacker to gain DCA user privileges.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to the critical severity and confirmed exploitation.
- Action
- Upgrade to the fixed software as indicated in the advisory.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20128
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2026-20128Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 94% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-20128 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
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