🔥 This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild (CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog)
CVE-2022-20775: Cisco SD-WAN Path Traversal Vulnerability
infovulnerability🔥 Actively Exploited
security
Summary
Cisco SD-WAN contains a path traversal vulnerability (a bug where attackers can access files outside intended directories) that allows an authenticated local attacker to gain elevated privileges and execute arbitrary commands as the root user through improper access controls in the CLI (command-line interface, a text-based way to control software). This vulnerability is actively being exploited by attackers.
Vulnerability Details
EPSS (30-day exploit probability)
EPSS: 0.5%
Exploit Maturity
🔥 Actively Exploited
Classification
Attack SophisticationModerate
Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20775
First tracked: February 25, 2026 at 03:00 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 95%