CVE-2025-20362
Cisco / Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense
Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security (ASA) Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Missing Authorization Vulnerability
Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security (ASA) Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software VPN Web Server contain a missing authorization vulnerability. This vulnerability could be chained with CVE-2025-20333.
Required action
The KEV due date refers to the deadline by which FCEB agencies are expected to review and begin implementing the guidance outlined in Emergency Directive (ED) 25-03 (URL listed below in Notes). Agencies must follow the mitigation steps provided by CISA (URL listed below in Notes) and vendor’s instructions (URL listed below in Notes). Adhere to the applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are not available.
Notes: CISA Mitigation Instructions: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/ed-25-03-identify-and-mitigate-potential-compromise-cisco-devices ; https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/supplemental-direction-ed-25-03-core-dump-and-hunt-instructions ; https://www.cisa.gov/eviction-strategies-tool/create-from-template ; https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/resources/asa_ftd_continued_attacks ; https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/private/resources/asa_ftd_continued_attacks#Details ; https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-webvpn-YROOTUW ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20362
Metadata
| Added to KEV | 2025-09-25 |
| Remediation due | 2025-09-26 |
| Ransomware use | Unknown |
| CWEs | CWE-862 |
| Ingested | 2026-04-24 15:03:13 |
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