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TI-2022-05316 Aliases CVE-2022-20757GHSA-8955-28gg-gmvm

Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software Denial of Service Vulnerability

Priority MEDIUM 46CWE-770Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-770.

Summary

A vulnerability in the connection handling function in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper traffic handling when platform limits are reached. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high rate of UDP traffic through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause all new, incoming connections to be dropped, resulting in a DoS condition.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01259 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
CiscoCisco Firepower Threat Defense Softwareall versions—No fix listedCNA
  • Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software VendorCisco Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 6.4.0.15; 6.5.0 to before 6.6.5.2; 6.7.0 to before 7.0.2VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.1.0VulnerableCisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 6.4.0.15; 6.5.0 to before 6.6.5.2; 6.7.0 to before 7.0.2 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1.0 Vulnerable ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-20757
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8955-28gg-gmvm

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2025-14628 Buffer overflow in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance Software KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2021-19919 Apache Log4j2 JNDI features do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2023-06973 Authentication bypass in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-82192 Denial of service in Cisco Secure Firewall ASA and FTD SSL VPN KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2026-16533 Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2025-14657 Missing authorization in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance Software KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
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Sources

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