CVE-2026-76504

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager System Account Authorization Bypass Vulnerability

Published Sep 30, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 38.9% KEV · Listed
Description
A vulnerability in the API session-based authentication management of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access an affected system with privileges of the admin user.

This vulnerability is due to improper handling of URI encoding in an HTTP request, which allows the request to bypass an authentication rule that is intended to restrict access to a specific API endpoint. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the API of the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass authentication and gain access to the API as the admin user.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:cisco:catalyst_sd-wan_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:catalyst_sd-wan_manager:26.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Cisco
Cisco catalyst Sd-wan Manager
Vendors & Products Cisco
Cisco catalyst Sd-wan Manager
Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics kev

{'dateAdded': '2026-09-30T00:00:00+00:00', 'dueDate': '2026-10-03T00:00:00+00:00'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability in the API session-based authentication management of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access an affected system with privileges of the admin user. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of URI encoding in an HTTP request, which allows the request to bypass an authentication rule that is intended to restrict access to a specific API endpoint. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the API of the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass authentication and gain access to the API as the admin user.
Title Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager System Account Authorization Bypass Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-177
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
cisco
Published
Updated
Oct 2, 2026, 11:23 PM
Reserved
Aug 19, 2026, 12:02 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Sep 30, 2026, 1:17 PM
Modified
Oct 3, 2026, 12:16 AM