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CVE-2022-20928

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.8 Published: 2022-11-15 Modified: 2026-08-11

Description

A vulnerability in the authentication and authorization flows for VPN connections in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to establish a connection as a different user. This vulnerability is due to a flaw in the authorization verifications during the VPN authentication flow. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted packet during a VPN authentication. The attacker must have valid credentials to establish a VPN connection. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to establish a VPN connection with access privileges from a different user.

Affected Platforms

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance SoftwareCisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense

Weakness Type

CWE-863, CWE-863

References