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CVE-2026-20008: Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software Lua Code Injection Vulnerability
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-03-04 · updated 2026-08-11
- Weakness: CWE-78
Description
A vulnerability in a small subset of CLI commands that are used on Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to craft Lua code that could be used on the underlying operating system as root. This vulnerability exists because user-provided input is not properly sanitized. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting valid Lua code and submitting it as a malicious parameter for a CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject Lua code, which could lead to arbitrary code execution as the root user. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have valid Administrator credentials.
Affected products
- Cisco ASA Software: from 9.12.1 before 9.16.4.85; from 9.17.1 before 9.18.4.66; from 9.19.1 before 9.20.4; from 9.22.1.1 before 9.22.2.4; from 9.23.1 before 9.23.1.7 — fixed in 9.16.4.85, 9.18.4.66, 9.20.4, 9.22.2.4, 9.23.1.7
- Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software: from 6.4.0 before 7.0.9; from 7.1.0 before 7.2.11; from 7.3.0 before 7.4.3; from 7.6.0 before 7.6.4; from 7.7.0 before 7.7.11 — fixed in 7.0.9, 7.2.11, 7.4.3, 7.6.4, 7.7.11
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Cisco ASA Software 9.16.4.85, 9.18.4.66, 9.20.4, 9.22.2.4; Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software 7.0.9, 7.2.11, 7.4.3, 7.6.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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