Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (formerly SD-WAN vManage) - CVE-2021-1137
Published: April 8, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU51976
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1137
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in the user management function, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (formerly SD-WAN vManage)
How to mitigate CVE-2021-1137
Install updates from vendor's website.
Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (formerly SD-WAN vManage) - addressed in versions 19.2.4, 20.3.3, 20.4.1