CVE-2022-20850: Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability in the CLI of stand-alone Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software and Cisco SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to delete arbitrary files from the file system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting arbitrary file path information when using commands in the CLI of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files from the file system of the affected device.

Affected products

• Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN: before 16.10.1 (fixed in 16.10.1)
• Cisco SD-WAN: before 18.4.5 (fixed in 18.4.5)
• Cisco SD-WAN Vbond Orchestrator: before 18.4.5 (fixed in 18.4.5)
• Cisco SD-WAN Vmanage: before 18.4.5 (fixed in 18.4.5)
• Cisco SD-WAN Vsmart Controller: before 18.4.5 (fixed in 18.4.5)

Published 2022-09-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.