Missing authorization in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance Software
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
Update: On November 5, 2025, Cisco became aware of a new attack variant against devices running Cisco Secure ASA Software or Cisco Secure FTD Software releases that are affected by CVE-2025-20333 and CVE-2025-20362. This attack can cause unpatched devices to unexpectedly reload, leading to denial of service (DoS) conditions. Cisco strongly recommends that all customers upgrade to the fixed software releases that are listed in the Fixed Software ["#fs"] section of this advisory. A vulnerability in the VPN web server of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access restricted URL endpoints that are related to remote access VPN that should otherwise be inaccessible without authentication. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input in HTTP(S) requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to a targeted web server on a device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access a restricted URL without authentication.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Active
- 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software | 9.8.1; 9.8.1.5; 9.8.1.7; 9.8.2; 9.8.2.8; 9.8.2.14; 9.8.2.15; 9.8.2.17; 9.8.2.20; 9.8.2.24; 9.8.2.26; 9.8.2.28; 9.8.2.33; 9.8.2.35; 9.8.2.38; 9.8.3.8; 9.8.3.11; 9.8.3.14; 9.8.3.16; 9.8.3.18; 9.8.3.21; 9.8.3; 9.8.3.26; 9.8.3.29; 9.8.4; 9.8.4.3; 9.8.4.7; 9.8.4.8; 9.8.4.10; 9.8.4.12; 9.8.4.15; 9.8.4.17; 9.8.2.45; 9.8.4.25; 9.8.4.20; 9.8.4.22; 9.8.4.26; 9.8.4.29; 9.8.4.32; 9.8.4.33; 9.8.4.34; 9.8.4.35; 9.8.4.39; 9.8.4.40; 9.8.4.41; 9.8.4.43; 9.8.4.44; 9.8.4.45; 9.8.4.46; 9.8.4.48; 9.12.1; 9.12.1.2; 9.12.1.3; 9.12.2; 9.12.2.4; 9.12.2.5; 9.12.2.9; 9.12.3; 9.12.3.2; 9.12.3.7; 9.12.4; 9.12.3.12; 9.12.3.9; 9.12.2.1; 9.12.4.2; 9.12.4.4; 9.12.4.7; 9.12.4.10; 9.12.4.13; 9.12.4.8; 9.12.4.18; 9.12.4.24; 9.12.4.26; 9.12.4.29; 9.12.4.30; 9.12.4.35; 9.12.4.37; 9.12.4.38; 9.12.4.39; 9.12.4.40; 9.12.4.41; 9.12.4.47; 9.12.4.48; 9.12.4.50; 9.12.4.52; 9.12.4.54; 9.12.4.55; 9.12.4.56; 9.12.4.58; 9.12.4.62; 9.12.4.65; 9.12.4.67; 9.14.1; 9.14.1.10; 9.14.1.6; 9.14.1.15; 9.14.1.19; 9.14.1.30; 9.14.2; 9.14.2.4; 9.14.2.8; 9.14.2.13; 9.14.2.15; 9.14.3; 9.14.3.1; 9.14.3.9; 9.14.3.11; 9.14.3.13; 9.14.3.18; 9.14.3.15; 9.14.4; 9.14.4.6; 9.14.4.7; 9.14.4.12; 9.14.4.13; 9.14.4.14; 9.14.4.15; 9.14.4.17; 9.14.4.22; 9.14.4.23; 9.14.4.24; 9.16.1; 9.16.1.28; 9.16.2; 9.16.2.3; 9.16.2.7; 9.16.2.11; 9.16.2.13; 9.16.2.14; 9.16.3; 9.16.3.3; 9.16.3.14; 9.16.3.15; 9.16.3.19; 9.16.3.23; 9.16.4; 9.16.4.9; 9.16.4.14; 9.16.4.18; 9.16.4.19; 9.16.4.27; 9.16.4.38; 9.16.4.39; 9.16.4.42; 9.16.4.48; 9.16.4.55; 9.16.4.57; 9.16.4.61; 9.16.4.62; 9.16.4.67; 9.16.4.70; 9.16.4.71; 9.16.4.76; 9.16.4.82; 9.16.4.84; 9.17.1; 9.17.1.7; 9.17.1.9; 9.17.1.10; 9.17.1.11; 9.17.1.13; 9.17.1.15; 9.17.1.20; 9.17.1.30; 9.17.1.33; 9.17.1.39; 9.17.1.45; 9.17.1.46; 9.18.1; 9.18.1.3; 9.18.2; 9.18.2.5; 9.18.2.7; 9.18.2.8; 9.18.3; 9.18.3.39; 9.18.3.46; 9.18.3.53; 9.18.3.55; 9.18.3.56; 9.18.4; 9.18.4.5; 9.18.4.8; 9.18.4.22; 9.18.4.24; 9.18.4.29; 9.18.4.34; 9.18.4.40; 9.18.4.47; 9.18.4.50; 9.18.4.52; 9.18.4.53; 9.18.4.57; 9.18.4.66; 9.19.1; 9.19.1.5; 9.19.1.9; 9.19.1.12; 9.19.1.18; 9.19.1.22; 9.19.1.24; 9.19.1.27; 9.19.1.28; 9.19.1.31; 9.19.1.37; 9.19.1.38; 9.19.1.42; 9.20.1; 9.20.1.5; 9.20.2; 9.20.2.10; 9.20.2.21; 9.20.2.22; 9.20.3; 9.20.3.4; 9.20.3.7; 9.20.3.9; 9.20.3.10; 9.20.3.13; 9.20.3.16; 9.20.3.20; 9.20.4; 9.20.4.7; 9.22.1.1; 9.22.1.3; 9.22.1.2; 9.22.1.6; 9.22.2; 9.22.2.4; 9.22.2.9; 9.22.2.13; 9.23.1; 9.23.1.3; 9.23.1.7; 9.23.1.13 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software | 6.2.3; 6.2.3.1; 6.2.3.2; 6.2.3.3; 6.2.3.4; 6.2.3.5; 6.2.3.6; 6.2.3.7; 6.2.3.8; 6.2.3.10; 6.2.3.11; 6.2.3.9; 6.2.3.12; 6.2.3.13; 6.2.3.14; 6.2.3.15; 6.2.3.16; 6.2.3.17; 6.2.3.18; 6.6.0; 6.6.0.1; 6.6.1; 6.6.3; 6.6.4; 6.6.5; 6.6.5.1; 6.6.5.2; 6.6.7; 6.6.7.1; 6.6.7.2; 6.4.0; 6.4.0.1; 6.4.0.3; 6.4.0.2; 6.4.0.4; 6.4.0.5; 6.4.0.6; 6.4.0.7; 6.4.0.8; 6.4.0.9; 6.4.0.10; 6.4.0.11; 6.4.0.12; 6.4.0.13; 6.4.0.14; 6.4.0.15; 6.4.0.16; 6.4.0.17; 6.4.0.18; 7.0.0; 7.0.0.1; 7.0.1; 7.0.1.1; 7.0.2; 7.0.2.1; 7.0.3; 7.0.4; 7.0.5; 7.0.6; 7.0.6.1; 7.0.6.2; 7.0.6.3; 7.0.7; 7.0.8; 7.1.0; 7.1.0.1; 7.1.0.2; 7.1.0.3; 7.2.0; 7.2.0.1; 7.2.1; 7.2.2; 7.2.3; 7.2.4; 7.2.4.1; 7.2.5; 7.2.5.1; 7.2.6; 7.2.7; 7.2.5.2; 7.2.8; 7.2.8.1; 7.2.9; 7.2.10; 7.3.0; 7.3.1; 7.3.1.1; 7.3.1.2; 7.4.0; 7.4.1; 7.4.1.1; 7.4.2; 7.4.2.1; 7.4.2.2; 7.4.2.3; 7.6.0; 7.6.1; 7.6.2; 7.7.0; 7.7.10 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software VendorCisco Affected 9.8.1; 9.8.1.5; 9.8.1.7; 9.8.2; 9.8.2.8; 9.8.2.14; 9.8.2.15; 9.8.2.17; 9.8.2.20; 9.8.2.24; 9.8.2.26; 9.8.2.28; 9.8.2.33; 9.8.2.35; 9.8.2.38; 9.8.3.8; 9.8.3.11; 9.8.3.14; 9.8.3.16; 9.8.3.18; 9.8.3.21; 9.8.3; 9.8.3.26; 9.8.3.29; 9.8.4; 9.8.4.3; 9.8.4.7; 9.8.4.8; 9.8.4.10; 9.8.4.12; 9.8.4.15; 9.8.4.17; 9.8.2.45; 9.8.4.25; 9.8.4.20; 9.8.4.22; 9.8.4.26; 9.8.4.29; 9.8.4.32; 9.8.4.33; 9.8.4.34; 9.8.4.35; 9.8.4.39; 9.8.4.40; 9.8.4.41; 9.8.4.43; 9.8.4.44; 9.8.4.45; 9.8.4.46; 9.8.4.48; 9.12.1; 9.12.1.2; 9.12.1.3; 9.12.2; 9.12.2.4; 9.12.2.5; 9.12.2.9; 9.12.3; 9.12.3.2; 9.12.3.7; 9.12.4; 9.12.3.12; 9.12.3.9; 9.12.2.1; 9.12.4.2; 9.12.4.4; 9.12.4.7; 9.12.4.10; 9.12.4.13; 9.12.4.8; 9.12.4.18; 9.12.4.24; 9.12.4.26; 9.12.4.29; 9.12.4.30; 9.12.4.35; 9.12.4.37; 9.12.4.38; 9.12.4.39; 9.12.4.40; 9.12.4.41; 9.12.4.47; 9.12.4.48; 9.12.4.50; 9.12.4.52; 9.12.4.54; 9.12.4.55; 9.12.4.56; 9.12.4.58; 9.12.4.62; 9.12.4.65; 9.12.4.67; 9.14.1; 9.14.1.10; 9.14.1.6; 9.14.1.15; 9.14.1.19; 9.14.1.30; 9.14.2; 9.14.2.4; 9.14.2.8; 9.14.2.13; 9.14.2.15; 9.14.3; 9.14.3.1; 9.14.3.9; 9.14.3.11; 9.14.3.13; 9.14.3.18; 9.14.3.15; 9.14.4; 9.14.4.6; 9.14.4.7; 9.14.4.12; 9.14.4.13; 9.14.4.14; 9.14.4.15; 9.14.4.17; 9.14.4.22; 9.14.4.23; 9.14.4.24; 9.16.1; 9.16.1.28; 9.16.2; 9.16.2.3; 9.16.2.7; 9.16.2.11; 9.16.2.13; 9.16.2.14; 9.16.3; 9.16.3.3; 9.16.3.14; 9.16.3.15; 9.16.3.19; 9.16.3.23; 9.16.4; 9.16.4.9; 9.16.4.14; 9.16.4.18; 9.16.4.19; 9.16.4.27; 9.16.4.38; 9.16.4.39; 9.16.4.42; 9.16.4.48; 9.16.4.55; 9.16.4.57; 9.16.4.61; 9.16.4.62; 9.16.4.67; 9.16.4.70; 9.16.4.71; 9.16.4.76; 9.16.4.82; 9.16.4.84; 9.17.1; 9.17.1.7; 9.17.1.9; 9.17.1.10; 9.17.1.11; 9.17.1.13; 9.17.1.15; 9.17.1.20; 9.17.1.30; 9.17.1.33; 9.17.1.39; 9.17.1.45; 9.17.1.46; 9.18.1; 9.18.1.3; 9.18.2; 9.18.2.5; 9.18.2.7; 9.18.2.8; 9.18.3; 9.18.3.39; 9.18.3.46; 9.18.3.53; 9.18.3.55; 9.18.3.56; 9.18.4; 9.18.4.5; 9.18.4.8; 9.18.4.22; 9.18.4.24; 9.18.4.29; 9.18.4.34; 9.18.4.40; 9.18.4.47; 9.18.4.50; 9.18.4.52; 9.18.4.53; 9.18.4.57; 9.18.4.66; 9.19.1; 9.19.1.5; 9.19.1.9; 9.19.1.12; 9.19.1.18; 9.19.1.22; 9.19.1.24; 9.19.1.27; 9.19.1.28; 9.19.1.31; 9.19.1.37; 9.19.1.38; 9.19.1.42; 9.20.1; 9.20.1.5; 9.20.2; 9.20.2.10; 9.20.2.21; 9.20.2.22; 9.20.3; 9.20.3.4; 9.20.3.7; 9.20.3.9; 9.20.3.10; 9.20.3.13; 9.20.3.16; 9.20.3.20; 9.20.4; 9.20.4.7; 9.22.1.1; 9.22.1.3; 9.22.1.2; 9.22.1.6; 9.22.2; 9.22.2.4; 9.22.2.9; 9.22.2.13; 9.23.1; 9.23.1.3; 9.23.1.7; 9.23.1.13 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software VendorCisco Affected 6.2.3; 6.2.3.1; 6.2.3.2; 6.2.3.3; 6.2.3.4; 6.2.3.5; 6.2.3.6; 6.2.3.7; 6.2.3.8; 6.2.3.10; 6.2.3.11; 6.2.3.9; 6.2.3.12; 6.2.3.13; 6.2.3.14; 6.2.3.15; 6.2.3.16; 6.2.3.17; 6.2.3.18; 6.6.0; 6.6.0.1; 6.6.1; 6.6.3; 6.6.4; 6.6.5; 6.6.5.1; 6.6.5.2; 6.6.7; 6.6.7.1; 6.6.7.2; 6.4.0; 6.4.0.1; 6.4.0.3; 6.4.0.2; 6.4.0.4; 6.4.0.5; 6.4.0.6; 6.4.0.7; 6.4.0.8; 6.4.0.9; 6.4.0.10; 6.4.0.11; 6.4.0.12; 6.4.0.13; 6.4.0.14; 6.4.0.15; 6.4.0.16; 6.4.0.17; 6.4.0.18; 7.0.0; 7.0.0.1; 7.0.1; 7.0.1.1; 7.0.2; 7.0.2.1; 7.0.3; 7.0.4; 7.0.5; 7.0.6; 7.0.6.1; 7.0.6.2; 7.0.6.3; 7.0.7; 7.0.8; 7.1.0; 7.1.0.1; 7.1.0.2; 7.1.0.3; 7.2.0; 7.2.0.1; 7.2.1; 7.2.2; 7.2.3; 7.2.4; 7.2.4.1; 7.2.5; 7.2.5.1; 7.2.6; 7.2.7; 7.2.5.2; 7.2.8; 7.2.8.1; 7.2.9; 7.2.10; 7.3.0; 7.3.1; 7.3.1.1; 7.3.1.2; 7.4.0; 7.4.1; 7.4.1.1; 7.4.2; 7.4.2.1; 7.4.2.2; 7.4.2.3; 7.6.0; 7.6.1; 7.6.2; 7.7.0; 7.7.10 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 9.12 to before 9.12.4.72; 9.14 to before 9.14.4.28; 9.16 to before 9.16.4.85; 9.17.0 to before 9.18.4.67; 9.19 to before 9.20.4.10; 9.22 to before 9.22.2.14; 9.23 to before 9.23.1.19 | Vulnerable | Cisco |
| cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.0.0 to before 7.0.8.1; 7.1.0 to before 7.2.10.2; 7.3.0 to before 7.4.2.4; 7.6.0 to before 7.6.2.1; 7.7.0 to before 7.7.10.1 | Vulnerable | Cisco |
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.12 to before 9.12.4.72; 9.14 to before 9.14.4.28; 9.16 to before 9.16.4.85; 9.17.0 to before 9.18.4.67; 9.19 to before 9.20.4.10; 9.22 to before 9.22.2.14; 9.23 to before 9.23.1.19 Vulnerable ·Cisco
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.0 to before 7.0.8.1; 7.1.0 to before 7.2.10.2; 7.3.0 to before 7.4.2.4; 7.6.0 to before 7.6.2.1; 7.7.0 to before 7.7.10.1 Vulnerable ·Cisco
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2025-09-25 Added to CISA KEV
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-20362
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wx28-57x9-xv5f
References
More Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-14628 Buffer overflow in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance Software KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2016-05454 Buffer overflow in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software through 9.4.2.3 on… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- 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-2024-13286 Infinite loop in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
Sources
- CVE-2025-20362 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-20362 · NVD
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wx28-57x9-xv5f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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