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CVE-2020-26073
published 2024-11-18

CVE-2020-26073: A vulnerability in the application data endpoints of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain access to sensitive…

PriorityP182high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHINAN
ITWEXPLOITVulnCheck KEV
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
12.06%
95.7th percentile
A vulnerability in the application data endpoints of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of directory traversal character sequences within requests to application programmatic interfaces (APIs). An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious requests to an API within the affected application. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to conduct directory traversal attacks and gain access to sensitive information including credentials or user tokens.Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Affected

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VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
ciscocatalyst_sd-wan_manager
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Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

url/dataservice/disasterrecovery/download/token/%2E%2E%2F%2E%2E%2F%2E%2E%2F%2Fetc%2Fpasswd
path/dataservice/disasterrecovery/download/token/
snort
alert http any any -> [$HOME_NET,$HTTP_SERVERS] any (msg:"ET EXPLOIT Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software Directory Traversal (CVE-2020-26073)"; flow:established,to_server; http.request_line; content:"GET /dataservice/disasterrecovery/download/token/"; startswith; fast_pattern; pcre:"/^(%2E%2E%2F|\.\.\/)/Ri"; reference:cve,2020-26073; classtype:web-application-attack; sid:2035137; rev:2; metadata:created_at 2022_02_08, cve CVE_2020_26073, deployment Perimeter, deployment Internal, confidence High, signature_severity Major, tag Description_Generated_By_Proofpoint_Nexus, updated_at 2022_02_08, mitre_tactic_id TA0007, mitre_tactic_name Discovery, mitre_technique_id T1083, mitre_technique_name File_And_Directory_Discovery; target:dest_ip;)
  • Exploit requests use URL-encoded directory traversal sequences (%2E%2E%2F or ../) immediately following the /dataservice/disasterrecovery/download/token/ path prefix in a GET request.
  • Successful exploitation of /etc/passwd read will return a response body matching the pattern 'root:.*:0:0:', which can be used as a response-based detection signal.
  • The attack targets the unauthenticated API endpoint /dataservice/disasterrecovery/download/token/ — monitor for GET requests to this path from external/untrusted sources with no session token.
  • MITRE mapping: TA0007 (Discovery) / T1083 (File and Directory Discovery) — correlate with file-read activity on vManage hosts.
  • ·The vulnerability is exploitable without authentication — no session cookie or token is required, so absence of auth headers should not be used to filter out suspicious requests to this endpoint.
  • ·Sensitive data exposed includes credentials and user tokens, not just static files — post-exploitation impact extends beyond file read to full credential compromise.
  • ·Cisco confirmed no workarounds exist; detection/blocking at the perimeter is the only mitigation until patching is applied.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
vulncheck7.5HIGH
vendor_cisco7.5HIGH
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