Mandiant reveals how Cisco SD-WAN zero-day attacks gained root access
Mandiant details how attackers exploited CVE-2026-20245 in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN to gain root and create rogue accounts — enterprises running affected appliances need immediate patching.
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New details have been revealed on how hackers exploited a Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-20245 in zero-day attacks to create rogue root accounts on targeted devices. [...]
Editorial Analysis
SD-WAN appliances sit at the network edge of distributed enterprises; root-level compromise enables persistent access across branch offices and cloud on-ramps.
Patch CVE-2026-20245 immediately, audit SD-WAN appliances for rogue accounts, and review management-plane access controls.
A zero-day in widely deployed Cisco SD-WAN gear gave attackers full root access — patching and forensic review are urgent.
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