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Cisco SD-WAN Zero-Day CVE-2026-20127 Exploited Since 2023 for Admin Access

A newly disclosed maximum-severity security flaw in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller (formerly vSmart) and Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (formerly vManage) has come under active exploitation in the wild as part of malicious activity that dates back to 2023. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20127 (CVSS score: 10.0), allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass authentication and obtain

Verisq™ Intelligence · 📅 February 26, 2026 · 📰 thehackernews.com
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A newly disclosed maximum-severity security flaw in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller (formerly vSmart) and Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (formerly vManage) has come under active exploitation in the wild as part of malicious activity that dates back to 2023.

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20127 (CVSS score: 10.0), allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass authentication and obtain

📰 Original Source
https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/cisco-sd-wan-zero-day-cve-2026-20127.html ↗

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