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CVE-2022-20927: A vulnerability in the SSL/TLS client of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 26/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.54% (FIRST EPSS).
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

A vulnerability in the SSL/TLS client of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper memory management when a device initiates SSL/TLS connections. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by ensuring that the device will connect to an SSL/TLS server that is using specific encryption parameters. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to unexpectedly reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

MediumCVSS 6.5 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded

BDU:2022-07081

Published: Nov 15, 2022
Updated: Aug 11, 2026
EPSS: 0.5% · 45th percentile
CWE: CWE-120

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Action score

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.5%

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: 6.5
CNA · cisco: 7.7; 1.2 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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Vendor	Product	CPE
cisco	adaptive security appliance software	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software
cisco	secure firewall threat defense	cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense
cisco	firepower services software for asa	cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_services_software_for_asa

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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

cisco adaptive security appliance software9.13.1
cisco adaptive security appliance software9.13.1.10
cisco adaptive security appliance software9.13.1.12
cisco adaptive security appliance software9.13.1.13
cisco adaptive security appliance software9.13.1.16
cisco adaptive security appliance software9.13.1.19
cisco adaptive security appliance software9.13.1.2
cisco adaptive security appliance software9.13.1.21
cisco adaptive security appliance software9.13.1.7
cisco adaptive security appliance software9.14.1
cisco adaptive security appliance software9.14.1.10
cisco adaptive security appliance software9.14.1.15
cisco adaptive security appliance software9.14.1.19
cisco adaptive security appliance software9.14.1.30
cisco adaptive security appliance software9.14.2
cisco adaptive security appliance software9.14.2.13
cisco adaptive security appliance software9.14.2.15
cisco adaptive security appliance software9.14.2.4
cisco adaptive security appliance software9.14.2.8
cisco adaptive security appliance software9.14.3

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (cisco). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

Cisco Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
- 9.14.1, 9.14.1.10, 9.14.1.15, 9.14.1.19, 9.14.1.30, 9.14.2, 9.14.2.4, 9.14.2.8, 9.14.2.13, 9.14.2.15, 9.14.3, 9.14.3.1 … (+13)affected
Cisco Cisco FirePOWER Services Software for ASA
- N/Aaffected
Cisco Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software
- 6.6.0, 6.6.0.1, 6.6.1, 6.6.3, 6.6.4, 6.6.5, 6.6.5.1, 6.6.5.2, 6.7.0, 6.7.0.1, 6.7.0.2, 6.7.0.3affected

Same product

cisco: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2025-20362Update: On November 5, 2025, Cisco became aware of a new attack variant against devices running Cisco Secure ASA Software or Cisco Secure FTKEV
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CVE-2025-20333A vulnerability in the VPN web server of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat DKEV
90Now
CVE-2020-3452Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software Web Services Read-Only Path Traversal VulnerabilityKEV
90Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2022-20826Nov 15, 2022 · A vulnerability in the secure boot implementation of Cisco Secure Firewalls 3100 Series that are running Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (
27Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2022-20924Nov 15, 2022 · A vulnerability in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) feature of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firep
26Monitor
Later →CVE-2022-20928Nov 15, 2022 · A vulnerability in the authentication and authorization flows for VPN connections in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Fi
23Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
A low-privileged account is enough.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: None
Integrity impact: None
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

When data is copied, the source length is not compared with the size of the destination buffer. Excess data overwrites adjacent memory.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-120 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1char buf[256];
2memcpy(buf, pkt->data, pkt->len);

Fixed

1char buf[256];
2if (pkt->len > sizeof(buf)) {
3  return -EINVAL;
4}
5memcpy(buf, pkt->data, pkt->len);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ssl-client-dos-cCrQPkA

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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