Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager up to 20.1.12 Requests improper authentication

| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager. This impacts an unknown function of the component Requests Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper authentication. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2021-1464. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
Details
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component Requests Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:
A vulnerability in Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to bypass authorization checking and gain restricted access to the configuration information of an affected system. This vulnerability exists because the affected software has insufficient input validation for certain commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted requests to the affected commands of an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass authorization checking and gain restricted access to the configuration data of the affected system.Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
The advisory is shared for download at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2021-1464 since 11/13/2020. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
- 17.2.4
- 17.2.5
- 17.2.6
- 17.2.7
- 17.2.8
- 17.2.9
- 17.2.10
- 18.2.0
- 18.3.0
- 18.3.1
- 18.3.1.1
- 18.3.3
- 18.3.3.1
- 18.3.4
- 18.3.5
- 18.3.6
- 18.3.6.1
- 18.3.7
- 18.3.8
- 18.4.0
- 18.4.0.1
- 18.4.1
- 18.4.3
- 18.4.4
- 18.4.5
- 18.4.6
- 18.4.302
- 18.4.303
- 18.4.501_ES
- 19.0.0
- 19.0.1a
- 19.1.0
- 19.2.0
- 19.2.097
- 19.2.098
- 19.2.099
- 19.2.1
- 19.2.2
- 19.3.0
- 20.1.1
- 20.1.1.1
- 20.1.12
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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CNA Base Score: 5.0
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Exploiting
Class: Improper authenticationCWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
11/13/2020 🔍11/15/2024 🔍
11/15/2024 🔍
08/04/2025 🔍
Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: cisco-sa-vman-authorization-b-GUEpSLK
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2021-1464 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-1464
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-284788
Entry
Created: 11/15/2024 19:03Updated: 08/04/2025 16:53
Changes: 11/15/2024 19:03 (65), 08/04/2025 16:53 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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