Medium severity · published Aug 14, 2025
CVE-2025-20268
Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software Geolocation Remote Access VPN Bypass Vulnerability
5.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the Geolocation-Based Remote Access (RA) VPN feature of Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured policies to allow or deny HTTP connections based on a country or region.
This vulnerability exists because the URL string is not fully parsed. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP connection through the targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass configured policies and gain access to a network where the connection should have been denied.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CF
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software · Cisco
7.7.0 · source: vendor
Affected product
CF
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software
Cisco
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20268
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-20268
sec.cloudapps.cisco.com
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftd-ravpn-geobypass-9h38M37Z
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