CVE-2026-20020

A vulnerability in the OSPF protocol of Cisco Secure Firewall ASA Software and Cisco Secure FTD Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause an affected device to reload unexpec

Severity
Medium 6.8
CVSS 3.1
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.003
16.5th percentile
Discovered by
Vendor
Published by the vendor
Published
Mar 4, 2026
Assigned by cisco

Description

A vulnerability in the OSPF protocol of Cisco Secure Firewall ASA Software and Cisco Secure FTD Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause an affected device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition. If OSPF authentication is enabled, the attacker must know the secret key to exploit this vulnerability. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation when processing OSPF update packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted OSPF update packets. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to create a buffer overflow, causing the affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

Weakness: CWE-20

Affected products

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