Cisco Secure Firewall: denial of service
High8.6CVE-2026-20349 · Published Aug 11, 2026 · updated Sep 16, 2026
A vulnerability in the Remote Access SSL VPN service for Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to insufficient error checking when processing HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the Remote Access SSL VPN service on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.
Affected versions
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software Product | <= 9.16.1 | No fix yet |
| <= 9.16.1.28 | No fix yet | |
| <= 9.16.2 | No fix yet | |
| <= 9.16.2.3 | 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-244
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All Cisco| Date | Advisory | Severity | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7 | Cisco Secure Endpoint: denial of service | High7.5 | No fix yet |
| Aug 7 | Cisco Secure Endpoint: denial of service | High7.5 | No fix yet |
| Aug 7 | Cisco Secure Endpoint: denial of service | High7.5 | No fix yet |
| Aug 7 | Cisco Secure Endpoint: denial of service | High7.5 | No fix yet |
| Aug 7 | Cisco Secure Endpoint: denial of service | High7.5 | No fix yet |
| Aug 7 | Cisco Secure Endpoint: denial of service | High7.5 | No fix yet |