CVE-2024-20358
A vulnerability in the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) restore functionality that is available in Cisco ASA Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authentica
Description
A vulnerability in the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) restore functionality that is available in Cisco ASA Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root-level privileges. Administrator-level privileges are required to exploit this vulnerability. This vulnerability exists because the contents of a backup file are improperly sanitized at restore time. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by restoring a crafted backup file to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system as root.
Weakness: CWE-78
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Category | Matched by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Check your version | Firewall / NGFW | cna-assigner |
| Cisco | Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Check your version | Firewall / NGFW | cna-assigner |
Vendor-reported products (3)
- Cisco · Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
- Cisco · Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software
- cisco · adaptive_security_appliance
Vendor advisory
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Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance and Firepower Threat Defense Software Command Injection Vulnerability
Cisco’s rating: Medium (advisory CVSS 6.0) · Published Apr 24, 2024 · updated Mar 4, 2026 (revision 2.0)
Bug IDs: CSCwi90040 , CSCwq32051
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