CVE-2023-20098

mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.005 · 44 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.51% (44th) EPSS

CVSS 6 · medium

Is it mine?

8 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco SDWAN vManage Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to delete arbitrary files. This vulnerability is due to improper filtering of directory traversal character sequences within system commands. An attacker with administrative privileges could exploit this vulnerability by running a system command containing directory traversal character sequences to target an arbitrary file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files from the system, including files owned by root.

remediations

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

A vendor fix is available.

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

cvss

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

6.0

010

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

v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.8 · impact 5.2

v3.14.4mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.14.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.14.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · psirt@cisco.com USexploitability 0.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.14.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · Cisco PSIRT US

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimaryCWE-22USCWE-24US

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Cisco SD-WAN vManage < 20.11.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:cisco:sd_wan:vmanage__20.11.1
Cisco SD-WAN vManage < 20.9.3all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:cisco:sd_wan:vmanage__20.9.3
Cisco Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Managerall versionscisco_csafUS
Cisco Cisco SD-WAN vManage≤ 20.9.1enisa_euvdEU
Cisco Cisco SD-WAN vManage≤ 20.9.2enisa_euvdEU
Cisco Systems Inc. Catalyst SD-WAN Manager20.9 → 20.11fstec_bduRU
cisco catalyst sd-wan manager= 20.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:catalyst_sd-wan_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco sd-wan vmanage< 20.9.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:sd-wan_vmanage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1038Cisco SD-WAN: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Löschen von DateienDeutsch2023-04-19csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Cisco SD-WAN ausnutzen, um Dateien zu löschen.
cisco-sa-sdwan-vmanage-wfnqmYhNCisco SD-WAN vManage Software Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability2023-04-19csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco SDWAN vManage Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to delete arbitrary files. This vulnerability is due to improper filtering of directory traversal character sequences within system commands. An attacker with administrative privileges could exploit this vulnerability by running a system command containing directory traversal character sequences to target an arbitrary file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files from the system, including files owned by root. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund cisco_csaf nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-05-09modified 2026-06-17

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references (6)

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