CVE-2020-3600

highpriority · track · 31OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 21 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.29% (21st) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

10 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cisco_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability in Cisco SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on the underlying operating system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient security controls on the CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using an affected CLI utility that is running on an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain root privileges.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

FixedCisco Catalyst SD-WANcisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
FixedCisco Catalyst SD-WAN Managercisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
FixedCisco SD-WAN vContainercisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
FixedCisco SD-WAN vEdge Cloudcisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
FixedCisco SD-WAN vEdge Routercisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · psirt@cisco.com USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · Cisco PSIRT US

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-863USprimaryCWE-250USCWE-269USCWE-269US

affected products (10)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Cisco Cisco Catalyst SD-WANall versionscisco_csafUS
Cisco Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Managerall versionscisco_csafUS
Cisco Cisco SD-WAN vContainerall versionscisco_csafUS
Cisco Cisco SD-WAN vEdge Cloudall versionscisco_csafUS
Cisco Cisco SD-WAN vEdge Routerall versionscisco_csafUS
Cisco Cisco SD-WAN Solution≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Cisco Systems Inc. Cisco SD-WAN≤ 20.3.2fstec_bduRU
Cisco Systems Inc. Cisco SD-WAN≤ 20.1.2fstec_bduRU
cisco sd-wan< 20.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:sd-wan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco sd-wan20.3 → 20.3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:sd-wan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

cisco-sa-vepeshlg-tJghOQcACisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability2020-11-04csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in Cisco SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on the underlying operating system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient security controls on the CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using an affected CLI utility that is running on an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain root privileges. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cisco_csaf nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-11-06modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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