CVE-2026-20073 — Improper Access Control in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance Software
Severity
5.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 77.55%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 4
Description
A vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to send traffic that should be denied through an affected device.
This vulnerability is due to improper error handling when an affected device that is joining a cluster runs out of memory while replicating access control rules. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending traffic that should be bloc…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 1.4
Affected Packages2 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
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CVEList▶
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📋Vendor Advisories
1Cisco▶
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