CVE-2026-20100

A vulnerability in the LUA interperter of the Remote Access SSL VPN feature of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could

Severity
High 7.7
CVSS 3.1
Remote, needs privileges or user interaction what this means
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.003
19.9th percentile
Discovered by
Vendor
Vendor-published field
Published
Mar 4, 2026
Assigned by cisco

Description

A vulnerability in the LUA interperter of the Remote Access SSL VPN feature of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with a valid VPN connection to cause the device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This does not affect the management or MUS interfaces. This vulnerability is due to trusting user input without validation in the LUA interprerter. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP packets to the Remote Access SSL VPN server. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

Weakness: CWE-120

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 Remote Access SSL VPN Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Cisco’s rating: High (advisory CVSS 8.6) · Published Mar 4, 2026

Bug IDs: CSCwo49932 , CSCwo49934 , CSCwo73886 , CSCwo73889 , CSCwo73891

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