Vulnerability · Published Sep 16, 2026 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2026-20120Cisco FTD ACL bypass vulnerability

Medium 5.8

In plain English

A medium-severity improper access control 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 0.5% (higher than 44% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 56.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability in the access control list (ACL) Object Group Search (OGS) implementation of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured access controls. This vulnerability is due to a logic error in populating group access control policies (ACPs) with OGS configured. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending traffic that should be blocked through the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass access controls and reach devices in protected networks.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.23.19.22.1.19.22.1.39.22.1.29.22.1.69.22.29.23.1.39.22.2.4
Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.6.07.7.07.6.17.6.27.7.107.7.117.6.2.17.7.10.1

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

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