Vulnerability · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2026-20101

High 8.6

In plain English

A high-severity weak randomness in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 35% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.6High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 65.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability in the SAML 2.0 single sign-on (SSO) feature of Cisco Secure Firewall ASA Software and Secure FTD Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition. This vulnerability is due to insufficient error checking when processing SAML messages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted SAML messages to the SAML service. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.12.19.12.1.29.12.1.39.12.29.12.2.49.12.2.59.12.2.99.12.3
Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 6.4.06.4.0.16.4.0.36.4.0.26.4.0.46.4.0.56.4.0.66.4.0.7

Weakness: CWE-330 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

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