A vulnerability in the peering authentication in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller, formerly SD-WAN vSmart, and Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, formerly SD-WAN vManage, could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and obtain administrative privileges on an affected system.
This vulnerability exists because the peering authentication mechanism in an affected system is not working properly. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted requests to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to log in to an affected Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller as an internal, high-privileged, non-root user account. Using this account, the attacker could access NETCONF, which would then allow the attacker to manipulate network configuration for the SD-WAN fabric.
References
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| https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwan-rpa-EHchtZk | Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-20127 | US Government Resource |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
26 Feb 2026, 16:20
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Cisco
Cisco sd-wan Vsmart Controller Cisco catalyst Sd-wan Manager |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:sd-wan_vsmart_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:cisco:sd-wan_vsmart_controller:20.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:cisco:catalyst_sd-wan_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:cisco:catalyst_sd-wan_manager:20.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| References | () https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwan-rpa-EHchtZk - Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-20127 - US Government Resource |
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Information
Published : 2026-02-25 17:25
Updated : 2026-02-26 16:20
NVD link : CVE-2026-20127
Mitre link : CVE-2026-20127
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-20127
JSON object : View
Products Affected
cisco
- catalyst_sd-wan_manager
- sd-wan_vsmart_controller
CWE
CWE-287
Improper Authentication
