Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-20251

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 Firepower Threat Defense Software

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-20251. EPSS is 0.47%. Act only if a listed version of Cisco Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.47%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor Cisco Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software 7.4.2.2

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 an authenticated, remote attacker to create or delete arbitrary files on the underlying operating system. If critical system files are manipulated, new Remote Access SSL VPN sessions could be denied and existing sessions could be dropped, causing a denial of service (DoS) condition. An exploited device requires a manual reboot to recover. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation when proce

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  • vendor Cisco Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software 7.4.2.27.4.2.2

How to fix CVE-2025-20251

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-2025-20251. EPSS is 0.47%. Act only if a listed version of Cisco Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Cisco Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software 7.4.2.2 7.4.2.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.47%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

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Code

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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 an authenticated, remote attacker to create or delete arbitrary files on the underlying operating system. If critical system files are manipulated, new Remote Access SSL VPN sessions could be denied and existin

  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 an authenticated, remote attacker to create or delete arbitrary files on the underlying operating system. If critical system files are manipulated, new Remote Access SSL VPN sessions could be denied and existin

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-20251

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-20251

    30-day exploitation probability 0.47%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-24843

    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 an authenticated, remote attacker to create or delete arbitrary files on the underlying op

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 21, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.