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A public POC exploit for CVE-2026-20127, a critical zero-day vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller and Manager, has been released. This vulnerability has been actively exploited since 2023.
Cisco Talos is tracking the threat activity under the cluster UAT-8616, describing it as a “highly sophisticated cyber threat actor” targeting critical infrastructure globally.
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A PoC by zerozenxlabs on GitHub features a Python exploit script and a JSP webshell (cmd.jsp). An unauthenticated remote attacker can send a specific HTTP request to the SD-WAN Controller’s REST API, skipping the login and gaining an admin session without valid credentials.
Once inside, UAT-8616 followed a multi-stage attack chain:
Initial access: Used a known vulnerability to gain high-level admin access and added a fake device to the SD-WAN management system.
Privilege escalation: Rolled back software to an older version with a known flaw
Version restoration: Returned the system to the original software version to remove traces of the downgrade.
Persistence: Added unauthorized SSH keys to /home/root/.ssh/authorized_keys, set PermitRootLogin yes in sshd_config, and modified SD-WAN startup scripts.
Lateral movement: Used network protocols to move between SD-WAN appliances and manipulate the entire fabric configuration
Cover-up: Cleared syslog, bash_history, wtmp, lastlog, and logs under /var/log/.
Cisco Talos urges administrators to immediately audit control connection peering events in SD-WAN logs for unauthorized vManage peer connections, unexpected source IPs, and anomalous timestamps.
CISA has included CVE-2026-20127 in its KEV catalog and requires federal agencies to patch it urgently.
Organizations using Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN must patch immediately, review the security advisory, and follow the Australian Cyber Security Centre’s SD-WAN Threat Hunting Guide to check for any compromises.
