CVE Database
/

CVE-2026-20023

Back to search

CVE-2026-20023

Published: Mar 4, 2026

Modified: Mar 4, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.1

MEDIUM

Description

A vulnerability in the OSPF protocol of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to corrupt memory on an affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to memory corruption when parsing OSPF protocol packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted OSPF packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause memory corruption causing the affected device to reboot, resulting in a DoS condition.

VendorProductVersions

Cisco

Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software

affected
9.12.1
affected
9.12.1.2
affected
9.12.1.3
affected
9.12.2
affected
9.12.2.4

+154 more versions

Cisco

Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software

affected
6.4.0
affected
6.4.0.1
affected
6.4.0.3
affected
6.4.0.2
affected
6.4.0.4

+70 more versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Security Training

Train your team to recognize and prevent security threats with our comprehensive security awareness program.

Start Training

Vulnerability Scanning

Discover vulnerabilities in your applications and infrastructure before attackers do.

Scan Now