Vulnerability in Cisco Asyncos

CVE-2023-20215

A vulnerability in the scanning engines of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Web Appliance could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass a configured rule, allowing traffic onto a network that should have been blocked. This vulnerability is due to improper detection of malicious traffic when the traffic is encoded with a specific content format. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using an affected device to connect to a malicious server and receiving crafted HTTP responses. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass an explicit block rule and receive traffic that should have been rejected by the device.

EPSS: 0.006 (47.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-20215?
CVE-2023-20215 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Asyncos, classified under CWE-202. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2023-08-03.
How severe is CVE-2023-20215?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.