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Cisco SD-WAN Manager Critical Auth Bypass Actively Exploited

2026-09-30 16:48 UTC · The Hacker News · read the source ↗ #cisco#sd-wan#authentication-bypass
  • Engineer — Act: Patch Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager to the fixed release immediately — Cisco confirms active exploitation of unauthenticated remote admin API access with no workaround available; delay is indefensible.
  • SOC/IR — Act: Cisco confirms active exploitation, making this an assume-breach scenario for any org running SD-WAN Manager; hunt for unauthorized admin API calls and unexpected configuration changes on those devices since at least September 30.
  • Leader — Act: Confirm this week whether your organization runs Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, verify the engineering team has a patch window scheduled, and be prepared to brief leadership given active exploitation of admin-level network management access.
  • Signals: CVE-2026-76504 — CISA KEV: not listed, EPSS n/a, no public PoC found, reported by 2 collected sources
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