CVE-2026-20021

MEDIUM EPSS 11.5%
Published Mar 4, 20263mo ago · Modified Apr 16, 20262mo ago
4.3 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Mar 4, 2026 3mo ago
Last Modified Apr 16, 2026 2mo ago

Description

A vulnerability in the OSPF protocol of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, adjacent attacker to exhaust memory on an affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to improperly validating input by the OSPF protocol when parsing packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by by sending crafted OSPF packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust memory on the affected device, resulting in a DoS condition.

CVSS Details

Base Score
4.3
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
1.4
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Adjacent
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability Low

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
11.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-401

Affected Products 84

VendorProductVersionRange
ciscoadaptive_security_appliance_software*≥9.12.1  –  ≤9.12.4.67
ciscoadaptive_security_appliance_software*≥9.16.1  –  ≤9.16.4.85
ciscoadaptive_security_appliance_software*≥9.17.1  –  ≤9.17.1.46
ciscoadaptive_security_appliance_software*≥9.18.1  –  ≤9.18.4.68
ciscoadaptive_security_appliance_software*≥9.19.1  –  ≤9.19.1.42
ciscoadaptive_security_appliance_software*≥9.20.1  –  ≤9.20.4.14
ciscoadaptive_security_appliance_software*≥9.22.1.1  –  ≤9.22.2.14
ciscoadaptive_security_appliance_software*≥9.23.1  –  ≤9.23.1.22
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software6.4.0any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software6.4.0.1any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software6.4.0.2any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software6.4.0.3any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software6.4.0.4any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software6.4.0.5any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software6.4.0.6any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software6.4.0.7any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software6.4.0.8any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software6.4.0.9any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software6.4.0.10any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software6.4.0.11any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software6.4.0.12any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software6.4.0.13any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software6.4.0.14any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software6.4.0.15any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software6.4.0.16any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software6.4.0.17any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software6.4.0.18any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.0.0any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.0.0.1any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.0.1any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.0.1.1any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.0.2any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.0.2.1any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.0.3any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.0.4any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.0.5any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.0.6any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.0.6.1any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.0.6.2any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.0.6.3any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.0.7any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.0.8any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.0.8.1any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.1.0any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.1.0.1any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.1.0.2any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.1.0.3any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.2.0any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.2.0.1any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.2.1any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.2.2any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.2.3any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.2.4any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.2.4.1any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.2.5any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.2.5.1any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.2.5.2any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.2.6any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.2.7any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.2.8any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.2.8.1any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.2.9any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.2.10any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.2.10.2any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.3.0any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.3.1any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.3.1.1any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.3.1.2any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.4.0any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.4.1any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.4.1.1any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.4.2any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.4.2.1any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.4.2.2any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.4.2.3any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.4.2.4any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.4.3any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.6.0any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.6.1any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.6.2any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.6.2.1any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.7.0any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.7.10any
ciscofirepower_threat_defense_software7.7.10.1any

References 1

  • sec.cloudapps.cisco.com https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-ospf-ZH8PhbSW
    Vendor Advisory

Remediation

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