Secure Firewall ASA and FTD
CVE-2025-20220: A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software and Cisco Secure Firew…
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root.
Published
Automatic summary from the vendor's CVE record. We haven't written a full analysis of this vulnerability yet.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product / branch | Fixed in |
|---|---|
| Cisco Firepower Management Center 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Firepower Management Center 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Firepower Management Center 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Firepower Management Center 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Firepower Management Center 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Firepower Management Center 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Firepower Management Center 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Firepower Management Center 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Firepower Management Center 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Firepower Management Center 7.6 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software 7.6 | See the advisory |
Always confirm against the vendor advisory, which lists every fixed hotfix.
What it is
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation for specific CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting operating system commands into a legitimate command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to escape the restricted command prompt and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need valid Administrator credentials. For more information about vulnerable scenarios, see the Details ["#details"] section of this advisory.
Exploitation
The Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (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.