CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-20249

HighCVSS 8.6
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.40%

34th percentile - higher than 34% of all known CVEs

Summary

Vulnerability in the certification authentication feature of IKEv2 for Cisco Secure Firewall ASA and FTD Software allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an unexpected device reload. This is due to a logic error during the certificate authentication phase of IKEv2 connection setup.

Risk Assessment

The attack can cause the IKEv2 process to crash, leading to a DoS condition, potentially disrupting VPN services and affecting service availability.

Recommendation

Apply the software update from Cisco that fixes this vulnerability and monitor IKEv2 connection attempts with unusual certificates.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A vulnerability in the certification authentication feature of Internet Key Exchange version 2 (IKEv2) 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 an affected device to reload unexpectedly. This vulnerability is due to a logic error during the certificate authentication phase of the IKEv2 connection setup. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by attempting to establish an IKEv2 VPN connection with a crafted certificate. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the IKEv2 process to crash, causing a denial of service (DoS) condition.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS