CVE-2023-20269

Product

Cisco / Adaptive Security Appliance and Firepower Threat Defense

Vulnerability

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance and Firepower Threat Defense Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

Added to KEV

Sep 13, 2023

Remediate by

Oct 4, 2023

Known ransomware use

Yes

Summary description

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance and Firepower Threat Defense contain an unauthorized access vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a brute force attack in an attempt to identify valid username and password combinations or establish a clientless SSL VPN session with an unauthorized user.

Required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions for group-lock and vpn-simultaneous-logins or discontinue use of the product for unsupported devices.

Notes

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-ravpn-auth-8LyfCkeC; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20269