Secure Firewall ASA and FTD
CVE-2026-20331: Cisco Secure Adaptive Security Appliance Software, Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software and Secure Firewall Management Center Software Hardening Release - Protection Mechanism Failure Vulnerabilities
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Secure Adaptive Security Appliance Software, Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review.
Published
ExploitedNot in CISA KEV
Ransomware useNot reportedPer CISA
SeverityCRITICALCVSS 3.1 9.6
EPSS0.23%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 Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.20 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.20 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.20 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.20 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.20 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.20 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.20 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.23 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.22 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.20 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.20 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.20 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.22 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.20 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.22 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.20 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.22 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.22 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.20 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.19 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.23 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.20 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.22 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.23 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.20 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.22 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.23 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.20 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.22 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.20 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.23 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.22 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.24 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.23 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.20 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.22 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.20 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.23 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.22 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.22 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.24 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.20 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.24 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.20 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.22 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.16 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.23 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.20 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.24 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.23 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.24 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.20 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.24 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.20 | 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) 7.0 | 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 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 7.0 | 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 7.3 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.3 | 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 7.4 | 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 7.0 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.4 | See the advisory |
| Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.3 | 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 7.4 | 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 7.6 | 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 7.4 | 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 7.4 | See the advisory |
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What it is
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Secure Adaptive Security Appliance Software, Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities.
The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20331 are related to the failure of protection mechanisms issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-693.
Exploitation
Except as otherwise noted previously, the Cisco 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.