CVE-2026-20016
Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software
MEDIUM 6.0
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.35 % · percentile 28 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- cisco
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
A vulnerability in the Cisco FXOS Software CLI feature for Cisco Secure Firewall ASA Software and Secure FTD Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root-level privileges. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of user-supplied command arguments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted input for specific CLI commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system with root-level privileges.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-88 — Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | cisco |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | NVD · psirt@cisco.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-9476
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-20016
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 9.12.1 < 9.16.4.85cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 9.17.1 < 9.18.4.66cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 9.19.1 < 9.20.4cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 9.22.1.1 < 9.22.2.4cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 9.23.1 < 9.23.1.7cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.4.0 < 7.0.9cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 7.1.0 < 7.2.11cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 7.3.0 < 7.4.3cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 7.6.0 < 7.6.4cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 7.7.0 < 7.7.11
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Cisco · Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software | affected 7.0.0 ; affected 7.0.0.1 ; affected 7.0.1 ; affected 7.0.1.1 ; affected 7.0.2 ; affected 7.0.2.1 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |