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.
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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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (31.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (Ftd) Software — versions 7.0.0, 7.0.0.1, 7.0.1
- Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software
- Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
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.