A vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root-level privileges. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.

This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of commands that are supplied by the user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to a device and submitting crafted input for specific commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system as root.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00008.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Cisco Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software affected
Version Status Constraints
9.8.1 affected —
9.8.1.5 affected —
9.8.1.7 affected —
9.8.2 affected —
9.8.2.8 affected —
9.8.2.14 affected —
9.8.2.15 affected —
9.8.2.17 affected —
9.8.2.20 affected —
9.8.2.24 affected —
9.8.2.26 affected —
9.8.2.28 affected —
9.8.2.33 affected —
9.8.2.35 affected —
9.8.2.38 affected —
9.8.3.8 affected —
9.8.3.11 affected —
9.8.3.14 affected —
9.8.3.16 affected —
9.8.3.18 affected —
9.8.3.21 affected —
9.8.3 affected —
9.8.3.26 affected —
9.8.3.29 affected —
9.8.4 affected —
9.8.4.3 affected —
9.8.4.7 affected —
9.8.4.8 affected —
9.8.4.10 affected —
9.8.4.12 affected —
9.8.4.15 affected —
9.8.4.17 affected —
9.8.2.45 affected —
9.8.4.25 affected —
9.8.4.20 affected —
9.8.4.22 affected —
9.8.4.26 affected —
9.8.4.29 affected —
9.8.4.32 affected —
9.8.4.33 affected —
9.8.4.34 affected —
9.8.4.35 affected —
9.8.4.39 affected —
9.8.4.40 affected —
9.8.4.41 affected —
9.8.4.43 affected —
9.8.4.44 affected —
9.8.4.45 affected —
9.8.4.46 affected —
9.8.4.48 affected —
9.12.1 affected —
9.12.1.2 affected —
9.12.1.3 affected —
9.12.2 affected —
9.12.2.4 affected —
9.12.2.5 affected —
9.12.2.9 affected —
9.12.3 affected —
9.12.3.2 affected —
9.12.3.7 affected —
9.12.4 affected —
9.12.3.12 affected —
9.12.3.9 affected —
9.12.2.1 affected —
9.12.4.2 affected —
9.12.4.4 affected —
9.12.4.7 affected —
9.12.4.10 affected —
9.12.4.13 affected —
9.12.4.8 affected —
9.12.4.18 affected —
9.12.4.24 affected —
9.12.4.26 affected —
9.12.4.29 affected —
9.12.4.30 affected —
9.12.4.35 affected —
9.12.4.37 affected —
9.12.4.38 affected —
9.12.4.39 affected —
9.12.4.40 affected —
9.12.4.41 affected —
9.12.4.47 affected —
9.12.4.48 affected —
9.12.4.50 affected —
9.12.4.52 affected —
9.12.4.54 affected —
9.12.4.55 affected —
9.12.4.56 affected —
9.12.4.58 affected —
9.12.4.62 affected —
9.12.4.65 affected —
9.12.4.67 affected —
9.14.1 affected —
9.14.1.10 affected —
9.14.1.6 affected —
9.14.1.15 affected —
9.14.1.19 affected —
9.14.1.30 affected —
9.14.2 affected —
9.14.2.4 affected —
9.14.2.8 affected —
9.14.2.13 affected —
9.14.2.15 affected —
9.14.3 affected —
9.14.3.1 affected —
9.14.3.9 affected —
9.14.3.11 affected —
9.14.3.13 affected —
9.14.3.18 affected —
9.14.3.15 affected —
9.14.4 affected —
9.14.4.6 affected —
9.14.4.7 affected —
9.14.4.12 affected —
9.14.4.13 affected —
9.14.4.14 affected —
9.14.4.15 affected —
9.14.4.17 affected —
9.14.4.22 affected —
9.14.4.23 affected —
9.14.4.24 affected —
9.16.1 affected —
9.16.1.28 affected —
9.16.2 affected —
9.16.2.3 affected —
9.16.2.7 affected —
9.16.2.11 affected —
9.16.2.13 affected —
9.16.2.14 affected —
9.16.3 affected —
9.16.3.3 affected —
9.16.3.14 affected —
9.16.3.15 affected —
9.16.3.19 affected —
9.16.3.23 affected —
9.16.4 affected —
9.16.4.9 affected —
9.16.4.14 affected —
9.16.4.18 affected —
9.16.4.19 affected —
9.16.4.27 affected —
9.16.4.38 affected —
9.16.4.39 affected —
9.16.4.42 affected —
9.16.4.48 affected —
9.16.4.55 affected —
9.16.4.57 affected —
9.16.4.61 affected —
9.16.4.62 affected —
9.16.4.67 affected —
9.16.4.70 affected —
9.16.4.71 affected —
9.16.4.76 affected —
9.16.4.82 affected —
9.17.1 affected —
9.17.1.7 affected —
9.17.1.9 affected —
9.17.1.10 affected —
9.17.1.11 affected —
9.17.1.13 affected —
9.17.1.15 affected —
9.17.1.20 affected —
9.17.1.30 affected —
9.17.1.33 affected —
9.17.1.39 affected —
9.17.1.45 affected —
9.17.1.46 affected —
9.18.1 affected —
9.18.1.3 affected —
9.18.2 affected —
9.18.2.5 affected —
9.18.2.7 affected —
9.18.2.8 affected —
9.18.3 affected —
9.18.3.39 affected —
9.18.3.46 affected —
9.18.3.53 affected —
9.18.3.55 affected —
9.18.3.56 affected —
9.18.4 affected —
9.18.4.5 affected —
9.18.4.8 affected —
9.18.4.22 affected —
9.18.4.24 affected —
9.18.4.29 affected —
9.18.4.34 affected —
9.18.4.40 affected —
9.18.4.47 affected —
9.18.4.50 affected —
9.18.4.52 affected —
9.18.4.53 affected —
9.19.1 affected —
9.19.1.5 affected —
9.19.1.9 affected —
9.19.1.12 affected —
9.19.1.18 affected —
9.19.1.22 affected —
9.19.1.24 affected —
9.19.1.27 affected —
9.19.1.28 affected —
9.19.1.31 affected —
9.19.1.37 affected —
9.19.1.38 affected —
9.20.1 affected —
9.20.1.5 affected —
9.20.2 affected —
9.20.2.10 affected —
9.20.2.21 affected —
9.20.2.22 affected —
9.20.3 affected —
9.20.3.4 affected —
9.20.3.7 affected —
9.20.3.9 affected —
9.20.3.10 affected —
9.20.3.13 affected —
9.22.1.1 affected —
9.22.1.3 affected —
9.22.1.2 affected —
9.22.1.6 affected —
9.23.1 affected —
Cisco Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software affected
Version Status Constraints
6.2.3 affected —
6.2.3.1 affected —
6.2.3.2 affected —
6.2.3.3 affected —
6.2.3.4 affected —
6.2.3.5 affected —
6.2.3.6 affected —
6.2.3.7 affected —
6.2.3.8 affected —
6.2.3.10 affected —
6.2.3.11 affected —
6.2.3.9 affected —
6.2.3.12 affected —
6.2.3.13 affected —
6.2.3.14 affected —
6.2.3.15 affected —
6.2.3.16 affected —
6.2.3.17 affected —
6.2.3.18 affected —
6.6.0 affected —
6.6.0.1 affected —
6.6.1 affected —
6.6.3 affected —
6.6.4 affected —
6.6.5 affected —
6.6.5.1 affected —
6.6.5.2 affected —
6.6.7 affected —
6.6.7.1 affected —
6.6.7.2 affected —
6.4.0 affected —
6.4.0.1 affected —
6.4.0.3 affected —
6.4.0.2 affected —
6.4.0.4 affected —
6.4.0.5 affected —
6.4.0.6 affected —
6.4.0.7 affected —
6.4.0.8 affected —
6.4.0.9 affected —
6.4.0.10 affected —
6.4.0.11 affected —
6.4.0.12 affected —
6.4.0.13 affected —
6.4.0.14 affected —
6.4.0.15 affected —
6.4.0.16 affected —
6.4.0.17 affected —
6.4.0.18 affected —
7.0.0 affected —
7.0.0.1 affected —
7.0.1 affected —
7.0.1.1 affected —
7.0.2 affected —
7.0.2.1 affected —
7.0.3 affected —
7.0.4 affected —
7.0.5 affected —
7.0.6 affected —
7.0.6.1 affected —
7.0.6.2 affected —
7.0.6.3 affected —
7.0.7 affected —
7.1.0 affected —
7.1.0.1 affected —
7.1.0.2 affected —
7.1.0.3 affected —
7.2.0 affected —
7.2.0.1 affected —
7.2.1 affected —
7.2.2 affected —
7.2.3 affected —
7.2.4 affected —
7.2.4.1 affected —
7.2.5 affected —
7.2.5.1 affected —
7.2.6 affected —
7.2.7 affected —
7.2.5.2 affected —
7.2.8 affected —
7.2.8.1 affected —
7.2.9 affected —
7.3.0 affected —
7.3.1 affected —
7.3.1.1 affected —
7.3.1.2 affected —
7.4.0 affected —
7.4.1 affected —
7.4.1.1 affected —
7.4.2 affected —
7.4.2.1 affected —
7.4.2.2 affected —
7.6.0 affected —
7.7.0 affected —

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-24934 A vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root-level privileges. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of commands that are supplied by the user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to a device and submitting crafted input for specific commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system as root.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-cmdinj-VEhFeZQ3 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 08:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Cisco
Cisco adaptive Security Appliance Software
Cisco firepower Threat Defense Software
Vendors & Products Cisco
Cisco adaptive Security Appliance Software
Cisco firepower Threat Defense Software

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root-level privileges. To exploit these vulnerabilities, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient input validation of commands that are supplied by the user. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by authenticating to a device and submitting crafted input for specific commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system as root. A vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root-level privileges. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of commands that are supplied by the user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to a device and submitting crafted input for specific commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system as root.
Title Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software Authenticated Command Injection Vulnerabilities

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 16:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root-level privileges. To exploit these vulnerabilities, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient input validation of commands that are supplied by the user. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by authenticating to a device and submitting crafted input for specific commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system as root.
Title Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software Authenticated Command Injection Vulnerabilities
Weaknesses CWE-1244
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2025-08-15T03:55:51.201Z

Reserved: 2024-10-10T19:15:13.237Z

Link: CVE-2025-20238

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-14T17:53:40.330Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-14T17:15:37.470

Modified: 2025-08-15T13:12:51.217

Link: CVE-2025-20238

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-08-15T08:07:47Z

Weaknesses