CVE-2025-20237

A vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbi

Severity
Medium 6
CVSS 3.1
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.002
5.1th percentile
Discovered by
Vendor
Published by the vendor
Published
Aug 14, 2025
Assigned by cisco

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root-level privileges. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of commands that are supplied by the user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to a device and submitting crafted input for specific commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system as root.

Weakness: CWE-146

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Cisco Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Firewall / NGFW cna-assigner
Cisco Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Firewall / NGFW cna-assigner
Vendor-reported affected versions (2)
  • Cisco · Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
  • Cisco · Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software