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CVE-2023-20006

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-20006 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software on Cisco Firepower 2100 Series Appliances. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit an implementation error in the hardware-based SSL/TLS cryptography functions by sending crafted SSL/TLS traffic. This can cause the device to unexpectedly reload, leading to a denial of service. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH) due to its network attack vector and high impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:7.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:7.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:firepower_threat_defense:7.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.16.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.16.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.18.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.18.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0092 is in the 31st 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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

sec.cloudapps.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-ssl-dos-uu7mV5p6
Vendor Advisory