CVE-2026-20013

A vulnerability in the IKEv2 feature of Cisco Secure Firewall ASA Software and Cisco Secure FTD Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a DoS condition on an affected device

Severity
Medium 5.8
CVSS 3.1
Remote · no auth what this means
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.003
22.1th percentile
Discovered by
Vendor
Vendor-published field
Published
Mar 4, 2026
Assigned by cisco

Description

A vulnerability in the IKEv2 feature of Cisco Secure Firewall ASA Software and Cisco Secure FTD Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a DoS condition on an affected device that may also impact the availability of services to devices elsewhere in the network. This vulnerability is due to memory exhaustion caused by not freeing memory during IKEv2 packet processing. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted IKEv2 packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust resources, causing a DoS condition that will eventually require the device to manually reload.

Weakness: CWE-401

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Cisco Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Check your version Firewall / NGFW cna-assigner
Cisco Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Check your version Firewall / NGFW cna-assigner
Vendor-reported products (2)
  • Cisco · Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
  • Cisco · Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software

Vendor advisory

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Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software IKEv2 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Cisco’s rating: High (advisory CVSS 7.7) · Published Mar 4, 2026

Bug IDs: CSCwo49925 , CSCwo49926 , CSCwq01516 , CSCwq50506

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