CVE-2025-20213 Cisco Catalyst SDWAN Manager Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
Authenticated local attackers can overwrite arbitrary files via CLI commands to gain root privileges on Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-20213?
CVE-2025-20213 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager, published on 7 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, formerly Cisco SD-WAN vManage, could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the local file system of an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid read-only credentials with CLI access on the affected system. This vulnerability is due to improper access controls on files that are on the local file system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a series of crafted commands on the local file system of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the affected device and gain privileges of the root user. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to have CLI access as a low-privilege user.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20213?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2025-20213?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20213 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2025-20213 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20213 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Catalyst Sd-Wan Manager
- CVE-2026-20182 Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2026-20127 Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller and Manager Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2026-76504 Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Hex Encoding
- CVE-2026-20245 Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
- CVE-2022-20775 Cisco SD-WAN Path Traversal
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p3qm-wvjx-4jgf.