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Route Leaking between VPNs

Updated: February 6, 2026

Overview

Explains how to replicate routing information across different VPNs to facilitate communication between isolated network segments. Learn to simplify service sharing and migrations by enabling direct access between branches without requiring complex hub-bypass configurations.

Route leaking is a fundamental mechanism in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN that facilitates the exchange of routing information between different Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) or Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) instances. This feature enables service sharing, simplifies network migrations, and enhances routing flexibility by allowing routes to be replicated bidirectionally between the global VRF and service VPNs, or directly between service VPNs.