Cisco Secure Firewall: denial of service
High8.6CVE-2026-20295 · Published Sep 16, 2026 · updated Sep 18, 2026
A vulnerability in the sftunnel inter-device communication protocol of Cisco Secure FMC Software and Cisco Secure FTD Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to exhaust the available memory of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper management of memory resources during sftunnel TLS connection setup. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted sftunnel TLS frames to an affected device during the connection setup. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust the available memory on the affected device, which could result in a DoS condition.
Affected versions
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Product | <= 7.0.0 | No fix yet |
| <= 7.0.0.1 | No fix yet | |
| <= 7.0.1 | No fix yet | |
| <= 7.0.1.1 | No fix yet | |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software Product | <= 7.0.0 | No fix yet |
| <= 7.0.0.1 | No fix yet | |
| <= 7.0.1 | No fix yet | |
| <= 7.0.1.1 | No fix yet |
Details and references
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Severity from
- the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-789
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