[KEV] Vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (CVE-2025-20333)
Summary
Vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (CVE-2025-20333). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Listed in CISA KEV — actively exploited.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security (ASA) Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software VPN Web Server contain a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows for remote code execution. This vulnerability could be chained with CVE-2025-20362.
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-20333 has been found in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 9.9/10.
Note: CISA has officially confirmed this is actively exploited in the wild. Treat it with elevated urgency.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense CVE-2025-20333" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-20333 (Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense) — CWE-120 / CVSS v3 9.9
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Listed in CISA KEV — actively exploited, treat as top priority.
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-120) exists in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense.
Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.9/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Listed in CISA KEV — actively exploited in the wild, treat as top priority.
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 Adaptive Security Appliance and 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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2Consider incident declaration escalate
Notify SOC / on-callCISA KEV登録済 = 実環境で悪用が観測されている。侵入の兆候があればインシデント対応宣言、無くてもパッチ適用までWAF強化を最優先で。
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3Post-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
- advisory NVD
- CISCO sec.cloudapps.cisco.com
- patch psirt@cisco.com
- patch sec.cloudapps.cisco.com
- web cisa.gov