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CVE-2025-20263

Cisco Secure Firewall - Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software

Cisco CVSS 8.6 Updated March 16, 2026

Executive Risk Summary

"A vulnerability in the web services interface of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a buffer overflow on an affected system. This could result in a denial of service (DoS) condition, causing the system to reload."

Operational Audit Arsenal

Target Type Firmware Image
Target Asset Cisco Secure Firewall ASA Software
Standard Path Global Firmware

Manual Verification Required

This is a non-Windows asset (Cisco). Use the target asset details and official path provided above to verify your current version against the official vendor advisories listed below.

Patch Impact Forecast

Reboot Required Likely

High

Internal Work Notes

CVE-2025-20263: Unauthenticated buffer overflow vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall ASA Software, potentially causing denial of service. Verify version and apply patch according to Cisco Security Advisory: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asa-buffer-overflow-PyRUhWBC

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