Vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (Ftd) Software

CVE-2026-20050

A vulnerability in the Do Not Decrypt exclusion feature of the SSL decryption feature of Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper memory management during the inspection of TLS 1.2 encrypted traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted TLS 1.2 encrypted traffic through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a reload of an affected device. Note: This vulnerability only affects traffic that is encrypted by TLS 1.2. Other versions of TLS are not affected.

EPSS: 0.004 (30.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-20050?
CVE-2026-20050 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (Ftd) Software, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-03-04.
How severe is CVE-2026-20050?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.