CVE-2026-20050Improper 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
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
CVEList
Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Decryption Policy Denial of Service Vulnerability2026-03-04
GHSA
GHSA-pvq2-4ff4-p9w6: A vulnerability in the Do Not Decrypt exclusion feature of the SSL decryption feature of Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could all2026-03-04

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Cisco
Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software SSL Decryption Policy Denial of Service Vulnerability2026-03-04
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