CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-20250

HighCVSS 8.6
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.55%

45th percentile - higher than 45% of all known CVEs

Summary

Vulnerability in DTLS message handling of Cisco Secure Firewall ASA and FTD Software for 3100 and 4200 Series devices allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a DoS condition. This is due to improper resource management when processing certain DTLS messages.

Risk Assessment

The attack can cause the device to reload, leading to firewall downtime and potential unavailability of protected resources.

Recommendation

Apply the software update from Cisco that fixes this vulnerability and limit exposure to DTLS traffic.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A vulnerability in Datagram TLS (DTLS) message handling of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software for Cisco Secure Firewall 3100 Series and 4200 Series devices could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper resource management when processing certain DTLS messages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted stream of DTLS traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

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