CVE-2026-20250

high
Assigned by CNA: cisco
Published 2026-09-16 · Modified 2026-09-16
CVSS v3
8.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
not yet in upstream
VIR risk
8.6

Description

A vulnerability in Datagram TLS (DTLS) message handling of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software for Cisco Secure Firewall 3100 Series and 4200 Series devices could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper resource management when processing certain DTLS messages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted stream of DTLS traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
91%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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References

CWEs

CWE-772

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