CVE-2024-20359A vulnerability in a legacy capability that allowed for the preloading of VPN clients and plug-ins and that has been available in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower…
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CISA lists it as known exploited since Apr 24, 2024; federal agencies had to remediate by May 1, 2024. Treat that date as your deadline.
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A vulnerability in a legacy capability that allowed for the preloading of VPN clients and plug-ins and that has been available in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary code with root-level privileges. Administrator-level privileges are required to exploit this vulnerability. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of a file when it is read from system flash memory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by copying a crafted file to the disk0: file system of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected device after the next reload of the device, which could alter system behavior. Because the injected code could persist across device reboots, Cisco has raised the Security Impact Rating (SIR) of this advisory from Medium to High.
- CVSS
- 6.0 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV Apr 24, 2024; federal remediation due May 1, 2024Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 19.43% (percentile 97)
- Assigned by
- cisco
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Cisco Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_asa_software (from the name) | 9.8.1; 9.8.1.5; 9.8.1.7; 9.8.2; 9.8.2.8; 9.8.2.14; 9.8.2.15; 9.8.2.17; and 179 more ranges | CNA record |
Cisco Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software cisco:firepower_threat_defense_software (from the name) | 6.2.3; 6.2.3.1; 6.2.3.2; 6.2.3.3; 6.2.3.4; 6.2.3.5; 6.2.3.6; 6.2.3.7; and 72 more ranges | CNA record |
cisco asa cisco:asa | from 9.12.1 through 9.12.4.65 | CISA ADP |
cisco firepower_threat_defense_software cisco:firepower_threat_defense_software | from 6.2.3 through 6.2.3.18 | CISA ADP |
cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software | 9.8.1; 9.8.1.5; 9.8.1.7; 9.8.2; 9.8.2.8; 9.8.2.14; 9.8.2.15; 9.8.2.17; and 179 more ranges | NVD |
cisco secure_firewall_threat_defense cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense | 6.2.3; 6.2.3.1; 6.2.3.2; 6.2.3.3; 6.2.3.4; 6.2.3.5; 6.2.3.6; 6.2.3.7; and 72 more ranges | NVD |
References
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-persist-rce-FLsNXF4hvendor-advisory
- https://blog.talosintelligence.com/arcanedoor-new-espionage-focused-campaign-found-targeting-perimeter-network-devices/exploit, third-party-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-20359us-government-resource
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