CVE-2026-20128: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format Vulnerability

Required action (CISA's text)

Please adhere to CISA’s guidelines to assess exposure and mitigate risks associated with Cisco SD-WAN devices as outlines in CISA’s Emergency Directive 26-03 (URL listed below in Notes) and CISA’s “Hunt & Hardening Guidance for Cisco SD-WAN Devices (URL listed below in Notes). Adhere to the applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are not available.

Description (NVD)

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager contains a storing passwords in a recoverable format vulnerability that allows an authenticated, local attacker to gain DCA user privileges by accessing a credential file for the DCA user on the filesystem as a low-privileged user.

SOURCES

• CISA KEVCISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

Other Cisco flaws

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• CVE-2026-76418: Cisco Secure Firewall ASA Software and Cisco Secure FTD Software Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerability
• CVE-2026-76519: Cisco Secure Email Gateway Relative Path Traversal Vulnerability
• CVE-2026-76504: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Hex Encoding Vulnerability
• CVE-2026-76460: Cisco Identity Services Engine Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs Vulnerability

Data from NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS and vendor advisories. Updated 10 Nov 2026.