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CVE-2018-0434

Cisco SD-WAN Solution Certificate Validation Vulnerability

7.4 High

A vulnerability in the Zero Touch Provisioning feature of the Cisco SD-WAN Solution could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data by using an invalid certificate. The vulnerability is due to insufficient certificate validation by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by supplying a crafted certificate to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks to decrypt confidential information on user connections to the affected software.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.83%Unchanged since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.4

A vulnerability in the Zero Touch Provisioning feature of the Cisco SD-WAN Solution could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data by using an invalid certificate. The vulnerability is due to insufficient certificate validation by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by supplying a crafted certificate to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks to decrypt confidential information on user connections to the affected software.

Record
CVE-2018-0434
CVSS 3.0
7.4 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-295
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Cisco SD-WAN Solution Certificate Validation Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the Zero Touch Provisioning feature of the Cisco SD-WAN Solution could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data by using an invalid certificate. The vulnerability is due to insufficient certificate validation by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by supplying a crafted certificate to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks to decrypt confidential information on user connections to the affected software.

Record
CVE-2018-0434
Weakness
CWE-295
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-1257 No score

A vulnerability in the Zero Touch Provisioning feature of the Cisco SD-WAN Solution could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data by using an invalid certificate. The vulnerability is due to insufficient certificate validation by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by supplying a crafted certificate to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks to decrypt confidential information on user connections to the affected software.

Record
EUVD-2018-1257
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6qq2-f6xc-778x 7.4

A vulnerability in the Zero Touch Provisioning feature of the Cisco SD-WAN Solution could allow...

A vulnerability in the Zero Touch Provisioning feature of the Cisco SD-WAN Solution could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data by using an invalid certificate. The vulnerability is due to insufficient certificate validation by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by supplying a crafted certificate to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks to decrypt confidential information on user connections to the affected software.

Record
GHSA-6qq2-f6xc-778x
CVSS 3.0
7.4 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-295
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
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In short

CVE-2018-0434 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.4) in Cisco Sd-wan Solution, published October 5, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.83%, the 57th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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