Secure Firewall ASA and FTD
CVE-2026-20323: Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center and Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software sftunnel Unauthorized Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the sftunnel inter-device communication protocol of Cisco Secure FMC Software and Cisco Secure FTD Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to impersonate the peer device and obtain access at the level of the manager role, which is equivalent to root.
Published
ExploitedNot in CISA KEV
Ransomware useNot reportedPer CISA
SeverityHIGHCVSS 3.1 8.3
EPSS0.09%Chance of exploitation in 30 days
Public exploitNot tracked
FixNot yet
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 Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.3 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.3 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.3 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.3 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.6 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.7 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.6 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.6 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.7 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.6 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.7 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.6 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.7 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.6 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 10.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.7 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.6 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 10.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.3 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.3 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.3 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.3 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.6 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.7 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.6 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.6 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.7 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.7 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.6 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.7 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.6 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 10.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.0 | See the advisory |
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What it is
A vulnerability in the sftunnel inter-device communication protocol of Cisco Secure FMC Software and Cisco Secure FTD Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to impersonate the peer device and obtain access at the level of the manager role, which is equivalent to root.
This vulnerability is due to improper management of the TLS certificate for the sftunnel management connection. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the sftunnel port using a crafted TLS certificate. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to become a registered sftunnel peer with root access. Note: The attack is successful only if the sftunnel connection is down or the attack can disrupt the sftunnel connection long enough to execute the attack.
Exploitation
The Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerabilities that are described in this advisory.
Sources
KEV status, EPSS score and vendor data refreshed automatically, last on 11 Oct 2026.