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CVE-2026-20127 — Cisco Catalyst Sd-wan Manager

CISA KEV
CVSS v3.1 10 (CRITICAL) · EPSS 39.6% (higher than 97.3% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 9/10 · Published 2026-02-25

As of 2026-02-26, CVE-2026-20127 is a CRITICAL-severity vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst Sd-wan Manager, CVSS v3.1 10, EPSS 39.6% (97.3th percentile). It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-02-25), with a US federal remediation deadline of 2026-02-27. Threadlinqs Intelligence links 6 tracked threat campaigns to CVE-2026-20127, most recently “Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Zero-Day Exploitation Chain (CVE-2026-20245, CVE-2026-20127, CVE-2026-20182)”.

Last updated: 2026-02-26

What is CVE-2026-20127?

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.

The record classifies CVE-2026-20127 under weakness class CWE-287. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 4 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 199 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score
10 — CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (FIRST)
39.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.3% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV
Listed since 2026-02-25, federal remediation deadline 2026-02-27
Threadlinqs priority
9/10 — CISA KEV-listed, which Threadlinqs floors at 9
Published
2026-02-25, last modified 2026-02-26

Is CVE-2026-20127 being exploited?

CISA added CVE-2026-20127 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-02-25, which means the agency holds evidence of exploitation in the wild; US federal civilian agencies had to remediate it by 2026-02-27 under BOD 22-01. It currently carries a trending score of 39 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

How to fix CVE-2026-20127

The record marks a vendor fix as available for CVE-2026-20127. Patch reference: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwan-rpa-EHchtZk. Vendor advisory: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwan-rpa-EHchtZk. Because CVE-2026-20127 is KEV-listed, US federal civilian agencies were required to apply the vendor fix, or stop using the product, by 2026-02-27. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-20127

6 tracked threats in the Threadlinqs corpus reference CVE-2026-20127, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

Sources

Seeded from kev and not yet processed by the Threadlinqs enrichment pipeline, so blank CVSS, EPSS or KEV fields above mean NOT MEASURED rather than measured-absent.

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