CVE-2026-20008A vulnerability in a small subset of CLI commands that are used on Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow…
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A vulnerability in a small subset of CLI commands that are used on Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to craft Lua code that could be used on the underlying operating system as root. This vulnerability exists because user-provided input is not properly sanitized. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting valid Lua code and submitting it as a malicious parameter for a CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject Lua code, which could lead to arbitrary code execution as the root user. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have valid Administrator credentials.
- CVSS
- 6.0 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-78
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Aug 11, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
cisco adaptive_security_appliance_software cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software | from 9.12.1 before 9.16.4.85; from 9.17.1 before 9.18.4.66; from 9.19.1 before 9.20.4; from 9.22.1.1 before 9.22.2.4; from 9.23.1 before 9.23.1.7 | NVD |
cisco secure_firewall_threat_defense cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense | from 6.4.0 before 7.0.9; from 7.1.0 before 7.2.11; from 7.3.0 before 7.4.3; from 7.6.0 before 7.6.4; from 7.7.0 before 7.7.11 | NVD |
References
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-luainject-VescqgmSvendor-advisory
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