Vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (CVE-2023-20006)
Summary
Vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (CVE-2023-20006). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A vulnerability in the hardware-based SSL/TLS cryptography functionality of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software for Cisco Firepower 2100 Series Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.
This vulnerability is due to an implementation error within the cryptographic functions for SSL/TLS traffic processing when they are offloaded to the hardware. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted stream of SSL/TLS traffic to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause an unexpected error in the hardware-based cryptography engine, which could cause the device to reload.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-20006 has been found in Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense.
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 Secure Firewall Threat Defense CVE-2023-20006" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2023-20006 (Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense) — CWE-681 / 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-681) exists in Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense.
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 Secure Firewall Threat Defense 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。
References
- patch sec.cloudapps.cisco.com