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CVE-2024-20353

92
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-20353 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit incomplete error checking in HTTP header parsing to cause a device reload. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.6 (HIGH) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on availability. Critically, this CVE is actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by its presence on CISA's KEV catalog, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, despite no public exploit code being readily available.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.8.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.8.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.8.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.8.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.8.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.8.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.6HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
70.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Apr 24, 2024
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7069 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

blog.talosintelligence.com / arcanedoor-new-espionage-focused-campaign-found-targeting-perimeter-network-devices
ExploitThird Party Advisory
cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
sec.cloudapps.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-websrvs-dos-X8gNucD2
Vendor Advisory