CVE-2026-20262: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Directory or Path Traversal 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 directory or path traversal vulnerability that could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to create a file or overwrite any file on the filesystem of an affected system.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- The vulnerability allows an authenticated, remote attacker to create or overwrite any file on the filesystem of an affected system.
- Who is affected
- Authenticated users of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager.
- Urgency
- Remediation is critical due to active exploitation and the severity of the vulnerability.
- Action
- Install the software updates provided by Cisco.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20262
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-2026-20262Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 98% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-20262 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
- unknownNCSC-2026-0199 [1.00] [M/H] Vulnerability fixed in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Managerncsc-nl
- mediumexploitedCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Arbitrary File Write Vulnerabilitycisco-psirt
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