Cybersecurity
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Zero-Day CVE-2026-20245 Exploited to Gain Root Access
Mandiant says CVE-2026-20245 was exploited as a Cisco SD-WAN zero-day to escalate admin access to root on a provider network.
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An unknown threat actor exploited a recently disclosed high-severity security flaw impacting Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN as a zero-day at least two months before it was publicly disclosed, according to new findings from Google-owned Mandiant.
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