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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-20244

A vulnerability in the Remote Access SSL VPN service for Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software co

Published Aug 14, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 14, 2025 · Cisco Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software

Last checked Oct 24, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-20244. EPSS is 0.54%. Act only if a listed version of Cisco Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
High7.7
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.54%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor Cisco Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18.2.5

A vulnerability in the Remote Access SSL VPN service for Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow a remote attacker that is authenticated as a VPN user to cause the device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to incomplete error checking when parsing an HTTP header field value. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to a targeted Remote Access SSL VPN service on an affected device. A successful exploit

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  • vendor Cisco Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18.2.59.18.2.5

How to fix CVE-2025-20244

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-20244. EPSS is 0.54%. Act only if a listed version of Cisco Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Cisco Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.18.2.5 9.18.2.5. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.54%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Cisco security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 14, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    A vulnerability in the Remote Access SSL VPN service for Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow a remote attacker that is authenticated as a VPN user to cause the device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to incomplete error checking when pa

  2. Aug 14, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    A vulnerability in the Remote Access SSL VPN service for Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow a remote attacker that is authenticated as a VPN user to cause the device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to incomplete error checking when pa

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-20244

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-20244

    30-day exploitation probability 0.54%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-24844

    A vulnerability in the Remote Access SSL VPN service for Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow a remote attacker that is authenticated as a VPN user to cause the device to reload unexpe

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 24, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 24, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
  • EUVDOct 20, 2026