CRITICAL: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN CVE-2026-20182 Hits CVSS 10.0 with Active Exploitation by UAT-8616
Cisco patched CVE-2026-20182, a CVSS 10.0 authentication bypass in Catalyst SD-WAN Controller and Manager that lets an unauthenticated remote attacker gain administrative access via the vdaemon peering service on UDP/12346. CISA added the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog with a federal remediation deadline of May 17, 2026. Threat cluster UAT-8616 is actively exploiting it. No workarounds, only patches.