Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Sensitive Information Exposure (CVE-2026-20133)
Detects exploitation attempts targeting CVE-2026-20133, a CWE-200 information disclosure vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager that allows unauthorized actors to access sensitive configuration and credential data. This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) and may be leveraged to pivot into SD-WAN infrastructure.
Vulnerability Intelligence
KEV — Known ExploitedAffected Software
- Vendor
- Cisco
- Product
- Catalyst SD-WAN Manager
Weakness (CWE)
Timeline
- Disclosed
- April 20, 2026
References & Proof of Concept
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/ed-26-03-mitigate-vulnerabilities-cisco-sd-wan-systems
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/supplemental-direction-ed-26-03-hunt-and-hardening-guidance-cisco-sd-wan-systems
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwan-authbp-qwCX8D4v
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20133
CVSS
What is CVE-2026-20133 Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Sensitive Information Exposure (CVE-2026-20133)?
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Sensitive Information Exposure (CVE-2026-20133) (CVE-2026-20133) maps to the Credential Access and Discovery and Collection tactics — the adversary is trying to steal account names and passwords in MITRE ATT&CK.
This page provides production-ready detection logic for Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Sensitive Information Exposure (CVE-2026-20133), covering the data sources and telemetry it touches: DeviceNetworkEvents, CommonSecurityLog, AzureDiagnostics, NetworkSessionEvents. The queries below are rated critical severity at medium confidence, and ship for 7 SIEM platforms — KQL, SPL, Elastic, QRadar, Sumo, YARA-L, LogScale.
MITRE ATT&CK
- Tactic
- Credential Access Discovery Collection
let sdwan_mgr_ips = dynamic([]);
let suspicious_paths = dynamic(["/dataservice/", "/auditlog", "/device/config", "/template/", "/setting/configuration", "/admin/user"]);
let timeframe = 24h;
union
(
DeviceNetworkEvents
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(timeframe)
| where RemotePort in (8443, 443, 8080)
| where RemoteUrl has_any (suspicious_paths)
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, RemoteIP, RemoteUrl, RemotePort, InitiatingProcessFileName, ActionType
| extend DataSource = "DeviceNetworkEvents"
),
(
CommonSecurityLog
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(timeframe)
| where DeviceVendor == "Cisco" and DeviceProduct has_any ("SD-WAN", "vManage")
| where RequestURL has_any (suspicious_paths)
| where DestinationPort in (8443, 443, 8080)
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, SourceIP, RequestURL, DestinationPort, Activity, AdditionalExtensions
| extend DataSource = "CommonSecurityLog"
),
(
AzureDiagnostics
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(timeframe)
| where Category == "ApplicationGatewayAccessLog"
| where requestUri_s has_any (suspicious_paths)
| where httpStatus_i in (200, 201, 206)
| project TimeGenerated, clientIP_s, requestUri_s, httpStatus_i, host_s
| extend DataSource = "AzureDiagnostics"
)
| summarize RequestCount = count(), UniqueURLs = dcount(coalesce(RemoteUrl, RequestURL, requestUri_s)) by bin(TimeGenerated, 5m), DataSource
| where RequestCount > 5 Detects unusual HTTP access patterns to Cisco SD-WAN Manager API endpoints associated with information disclosure exploitation. Monitors for enumeration of sensitive paths including device configs, templates, audit logs, and user endpoints from unexpected source IPs.
Data Sources
Required Tables
False Positives
- Legitimate SD-WAN administrators performing bulk API queries or automation tasks against vManage
- Authorized monitoring tools or SIEM connectors polling SD-WAN Manager configuration APIs
- Cisco TAC-initiated remote troubleshooting sessions accessing configuration endpoints
- Scheduled configuration backup jobs enumerating device templates and settings
Sigma rule & cross-platform mapping
The detection logic for Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Sensitive Information Exposure (CVE-2026-20133) (CVE-2026-20133) above is provided in a vendor-neutral
form so you can deploy it on any SIEM. The same logic is shipped here as native
KQL (Microsoft Sentinel / Defender), SPL (Splunk), Elastic (Elastic Security (EQL)), QRadar (IBM QRadar (AQL)), Sumo (Sumo Logic CSE), YARA-L (Google Chronicle / SecOps), LogScale (CrowdStrike LogScale (CQL)) queries. In Sigma terms, this detection targets the
following logsource:
logsource:
category: network_connection
product: windows Browse the community-maintained Sigma rules for this technique:
Platform-specific guides for CVE-2026-20133
References (4)
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/ed-26-03-mitigate-vulnerabilities-cisco-sd-wan-systems
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/supplemental-direction-ed-26-03-hunt-and-hardening-guidance-cisco-sd-wan-systems
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwan-authbp-qwCX8D4v
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20133
Testing Methodology
Validate this detection against 3 adversary techniques from Atomic Red Team. Each test below lists the behaviour to exercise and the telemetry you should expect to see. Executable commands and cleanup steps are available with Pro.
- Test 1Unauthenticated SD-WAN Manager Device Config Enumeration
Expected signal: HTTP GET requests to SD-WAN Manager management port (8443) for paths /dataservice/device, /dataservice/device/config, and /dataservice/admin/user from the test host IP. Response codes may be 200 (vulnerable) or 401/403 (patched/mitigated).
- Test 2SD-WAN Manager Template and Credential Harvest Simulation
Expected signal: File creation events in /tmp/sdwan_harvest_test alongside network connections to vManage port 8443. Curl process making multiple sequential HTTP GET requests to /dataservice/template/device, /dataservice/setting/configuration, and /dataservice/auditlog.
- Test 3Automated SD-WAN Manager API Endpoint Enumeration with Token Extraction
Expected signal: Rapid sequential HTTP GET requests (9 requests within ~5 seconds with 0.5s delay) to multiple /dataservice/ subpaths from a single source IP. HTTP status codes logged for each endpoint. Process: bash script executing curl in a loop.
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