Vulnerability · CVE-2026-20024
A vulnerability in the OSPF protocol of Cisco Secure Firewall ASA Software and Cisco Secure FTD Software could allow an authenticated, adjacent attacker to cause an af…
Published Mar 4, 2026 · catalog updated Aug 11, 2026 · adaptive security appliance software
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-20024. EPSS is 0.20%. Act only if a listed version of adaptive security appliance software is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium5.7
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.20%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe cisco/adaptive security appliance software · cpe cisco/secure firewall threat defense
A vulnerability in the OSPF protocol of Cisco Secure Firewall ASA Software and Cisco Secure FTD Software could allow an authenticated, adjacent attacker to cause an affected device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have the OSPF secret key. This vulnerability is due to heap corruption in OSPF when parsing packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted packets to the OSPF service. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to corrupt the heap, causing the affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- cpe cisco/adaptive security appliance software9.12.1
- cpe cisco/adaptive security appliance software9.12.1.2
- cpe cisco/adaptive security appliance software9.12.1.3
- cpe cisco/adaptive security appliance software9.12.2
- cpe cisco/adaptive security appliance software9.12.2.1
- cpe cisco/adaptive security appliance software9.12.2.4
- cpe cisco/adaptive security appliance software9.12.2.5
- cpe cisco/adaptive security appliance software9.12.2.9
- cpe cisco/secure firewall threat defense6.4.0
How to fix CVE-2026-20024
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
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-2026-20024. EPSS is 0.20%. Act only if a listed version of adaptive security appliance software is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with cisco/adaptive security appliance software 9.12.1; cisco/adaptive security appliance software 9.12.1.2; cisco/adaptive security appliance software 9.12.1.3; cisco/adaptive security appliance software 9.12.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-119: Buffer Overflow. EPSS 0.20%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Technology hubs
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Mar 4, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
A vulnerability in the OSPF protocol of Cisco Secure Firewall ASA Software and Cisco Secure FTD Software could allow an authenticated, adjacent attacker to cause an affected device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have the OSPF secret key. This vulnerability is due to heap corruption in OSPF when parsing packets. An attacker cou
Aug 11, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
A vulnerability in the OSPF protocol of Cisco Secure Firewall ASA Software and Cisco Secure FTD Software could allow an authenticated, adjacent attacker to cause an affected device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have the OSPF secret key. This vulnerability is due to heap corruption in OSPF when parsing packets. An attacker cou
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-20024
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-20024
30-day exploitation probability 0.2%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-20024
A vulnerability in the OSPF protocol of Cisco Secure Firewall ASA Software and Cisco Secure FTD Software could allow an authenticated, adjacent attacker to cause an affected device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker m
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.