Cisco SD-WAN Solution Certificate Validation Bypass Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-295.
Summary
A vulnerability in the Cisco SD-WAN Solution could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass certificate validation on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper certificate validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by supplying a system image signed with a crafted certificate to an affected device, bypassing the certificate validation. An exploit could allow an attacker to deploy a crafted system image.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco SD-WAN Solution | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Cisco SD-WAN Solution VendorCisco Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-15387
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jhq5-xcpf-vrwm
References
More Cisco Sd-wan vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-05334 Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2022-05377 Cisco SD-WAN Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2020-16490 Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2020-02926 Cisco SD-WAN Solution Software Buffer Overflow Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-02925 Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software Authorization Bypass Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2019-01251 Cisco SD-WAN Solution Command Injection Vulnerability CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2018-15387 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-15387 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jhq5-xcpf-vrwm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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