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CVE-2026-20128: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedCVE-2026-20128
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.

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vendor: Ciscoproduct: Catalyst SD-WAN ManagerOther
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

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2026-04-20
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

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.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2026-20128coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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