CVE-2026-20049 — Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance Software
Severity
7.7HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 60.60%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 4
Latest updateMar 5
Description
A vulnerability in the processing of Galois/Counter Mode (GCM)-encrypted Internet Key Exchange version 2 (IKEv2) IPsec traffic of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.
This vulnerability is due to the allocation of an insufficiently sized block of memory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.1 | Impact: 4.0
Affected Packages2 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-4wgv-wwff-cw37: A vulnerability in the processing of Galois/Counter Mode (GCM)-encrypted Internet Key Exchange version 2 (IKEv2) IPsec traffic of Cisco Secure Firewal↗2026-03-04
CVEList▶
CVE-2026-20049: A vulnerability in the processing of Galois/Counter Mode (GCM)-encrypted Internet Key Exchange version 2 (IKEv2) IPsec traffic of Cisco Secure Firewal↗2026-03-04
📋Vendor Advisories
1Cisco▶
Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software IPsec Denial of Service Vulnerability↗2026-03-05