Vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software (CVE-2022-20946)
Summary
Vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software (CVE-2022-20946). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A vulnerability in the generic routing encapsulation (GRE) tunnel decapsulation feature of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.
This vulnerability is due to a memory handling error that occurs when GRE traffic is processed. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted GRE payload through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to restart, resulting in a DoS condition.
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftd-gre-dos-hmedHQPM ["https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftd-gre-dos-hmedHQPM"]
This advisory is part of the November 2022 release of the Cisco ASA, FTD, and FMC Security Advisory Bundled publication.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-20946 has been found in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 8.6/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software CVE-2022-20946" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2022-20946 (Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software) — CWE-122 / CVSS v3 8.6
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-122) exists in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.6/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。