Secure Firewall ASA and FTD
CVE-2021-34752: Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Command Injection Vulnerabilities
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco FTD Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrative privileges to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied command arguments.
Published
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Affected and fixed versions
| Product / branch | Fixed in |
|---|---|
| Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software 6.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software 6.6 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software 6.4 | See the advisory |
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What it is
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco FTD Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrative privileges to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system of an affected device.
This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied command arguments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted input to the affected commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
Exploitation
The Cisco PSIRT is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory.
Sources
KEV status, EPSS score and vendor data refreshed automatically, last on 11 Oct 2026.