CVE-2026-20349
Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software Remote Access SSL VPN Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
A vulnerability in the Remote Access SSL VPN service for Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to insufficient error checking when processing HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the Remote Access SSL VPN service on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.
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Key data
CVSS 3.1 High 8.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector: Network
The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet.
Attack complexity: Low
No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.
Privileges required: None
No account or privileges are needed.
User interaction: None
No action from any user is needed.
Scope: Changed
The impact can reach other components beyond the vulnerable one.
Confidentiality impact: None
No effect on the secrecy of data.
Integrity impact: None
No effect on the trustworthiness of data.
Availability impact: High
Serious or total effect on availability.
| Metric | Value | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Attack vector | Network | The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet. |
| Attack complexity | Low | No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will. |
| Privileges required | None | No account or privileges are needed. |
| User interaction | None | No action from any user is needed. |
| Scope | Changed | The impact can reach other components beyond the vulnerable one. |
| Confidentiality impact | None | No effect on the secrecy of data. |
| Integrity impact | None | No effect on the trustworthiness of data. |
| Availability impact | High | Serious or total effect on availability. |
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EPSS
- Score
- 0.01010 (1.0% probability)
- Percentile
- 63.4%
- Scores of
- Nov 10, 2026
- Model
- v2026.06.15
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- Name in the catalog
- Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Heap Inspection Vulnerability
- Added to the catalog
- Aug 11, 2026
- Federal due date
- Aug 14, 2026
CISA assessment as of Aug 11, 2026
- Exploitation
- Recorded by CISA as active
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-244Improper Clearing of Heap Memory Before Release
Affected products
Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
- affected: 9.16.1
- affected: 9.16.1.28
- affected: 9.16.2
- affected: 9.16.2.3
- affected: 9.16.2.7
- affected: 9.16.2.11
- affected: 9.16.2.13
- affected: 9.16.2.14
- affected: 9.16.3.3
- affected: 9.16.3
- affected: 9.16.3.14
- affected: 9.18.1
- affected: 9.16.3.15
- affected: 9.18.1.3
- affected: 9.18.2
- affected: 9.16.3.19
- affected: 9.16.3.23
- affected: 9.18.2.5
- affected: 9.16.4
- affected: 9.18.2.7
- affected: 9.19.1
- affected: 9.16.4.9
- affected: 9.18.2.8
- affected: 9.16.4.14
- affected: 9.18.3
- and 107 more
Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software
- affected: 7.0.0
- affected: 7.0.0.1
- affected: 7.0.1
- affected: 7.0.1.1
- affected: 7.0.2
- affected: 7.2.0
- affected: 7.0.2.1
- affected: 7.0.3
- affected: 7.2.0.1
- affected: 7.0.4
- affected: 7.2.1
- affected: 7.0.5
- affected: 7.3.0
- affected: 7.2.2
- affected: 7.2.3
- affected: 7.3.1
- affected: 7.2.4
- affected: 7.0.6
- affected: 7.2.5
- affected: 7.2.4.1
- affected: 7.3.1.1
- affected: 7.4.0
- affected: 7.0.6.1
- affected: 7.2.5.1
- affected: 7.4.1
- and 36 more
References
- cisco-sa-asaftd-vpn-dos-dzv4mQFF (sec.cloudapps.cisco.com)
Timeline
- ID reserved
- Added to CISA KEV
- Record published
- Record last updated
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