VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2026-20128
Known Exploited Vulnerability
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format Vulnerability
Vendor / product: Cisco / Catalyst SD-WAN Manager
Description
A vulnerability in the Data Collection Agent (DCA) feature of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain DCA user privileges on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to the presence of a credential file for the DCA user on an affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request and reading the file that contains the DCA password from that affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access another affected system and gain DCA user privileges. Note: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager releases 20.18 and later are not affected by this vulnerability.
Weakness classification
- psirt@cisco.com: CWE-257
Primary references
- psirt@cisco.com — Vendor Advisory
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 — US Government Resource