PT-2026-23014 · Cisco · Cisco Secure Ftd

Katherine Askew · Published 2026-03-04 · Updated 2026-03-04 · CVE-2026-20017

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Secure FTD Software (affected versions not specified)

Description A flaw exists in the Command Line Interface (CLI) of Cisco Secure FTD Software that may allow a local attacker with administrative privileges to execute arbitrary commands on the operating system with root access. This is caused by inadequate validation of user-provided command arguments. An attacker could exploit this by submitting specially crafted input to a specific CLI command. Successful exploitation could lead to the execution of commands on the underlying operating system as root.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-250

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-20017

Affected Products

Cisco Secure Ftd

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20017 · Security Note
• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftd-cmd-inj-mTzGZexf · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2029272795020984420 · Twitter Post