CVE-2026-20050 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release in Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 64.03%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 4
Description
A vulnerability in the Do Not Decrypt exclusion feature of the SSL decryption feature of Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.
This vulnerability is due to improper memory management during the inspection of TLS 1.2 encrypted traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted TLS 1.2 encrypted traffic through an affected device. A successful exp…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 4.0
Affected Packages1 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
2📋Vendor Advisories
1Cisco▶
Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software SSL Decryption Policy Denial of Service Vulnerability↗2026-03-04