CVE-2024-20359
Cisco / Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD)
Added 2024-04-24
Due 2024-05-01
Cisco ASA and FTD Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) contain a privilege escalation vulnerability that can allow local privilege escalation from Administrator to root.
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-persist-rce-FLsNXF4h; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20359
Metadata
| Added to KEV | 2024-04-24 |
| Remediation due | 2024-05-01 |
| Ransomware use | Unknown |
| CWEs | CWE-94 |
| Ingested | 2026-04-24 15:03:13 |
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