CVE-2025-20219
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BaseFortify

Publication date: 2025-08-14

Last updated on: 2025-08-15

Assigner: Cisco Systems, Inc.

Description
A vulnerability in the implementation of access control rules for loopback interfaces in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to send traffic that should have been blocked to a loopback interface. This vulnerability is due to improper enforcement of access control rules for loopback interfaces. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending traffic to a loopback interface on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass configured access control rules and send traffic that should have been blocked to a loopback interface on the device.
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Published
2025-08-14
Last Modified
2025-08-15
Generated
2026-05-27
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2025-08-14
EPSS Evaluated
2026-05-25
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cisco secure_firewall_threat_defense *
cisco secure_firewall_adaptive_security_appliance *
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CWE ID Description
CWE-284 The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?

This vulnerability exists in Cisco Secure Firewall ASA and FTD Software where access control rules for loopback interfaces are not properly enforced. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending traffic to a loopback interface that should have been blocked, effectively bypassing the configured access control rules.


How can this vulnerability impact me? :

The impact of this vulnerability is that an attacker could bypass access control rules and send unauthorized traffic to a loopback interface on the affected device. This could potentially allow malicious traffic to reach internal components or services that are normally protected, leading to information exposure or other security issues.


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