Medium severity · published Mar 4, 2026
CVE-2026-20015
A vulnerability in the IKEv2 feature of Cisco Secure Firewall ASA Software and Cisco Secure FTD Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a DoS condition…
5.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the IKEv2 feature of Cisco Secure Firewall ASA Software and Cisco Secure FTD Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a DoS condition on an affected device that may impact the availability of services to devices elsewhere in the network.
This vulnerability is due to a memory leak when parsing IKEv2 packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted IKEv2 packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust resources, causing a DoS condition that will eventually require the device to be manually reloaded.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 25% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CS
Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software · Cisco
9.18.1; 9.18.1.3; 9.18.2; 9.18.2.5; 9.18.2.7; 9.18.2.8; +34 more · source: vendor
CS
Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software · Cisco
7.2.0; 7.2.0.1; 7.2.1; 7.2.2; 7.2.3; 7.2.4; +28 more · source: vendor
AS
Adaptive Security Appliance Software · Cisco
9.18.1 before 9.18.4.71; 9.19.1 before 9.20.4.10; 9.22.1.1 before 9.22.2.13; 9.23.1 before 9.23.1.19 · source: NVD
SF
Secure Firewall Threat Defense · Cisco
7.2.0 before 7.2.11; 7.3.0 before 7.4.3; 7.6.0 before 7.6.4; 7.7.0 before 7.7.11 · source: NVD
Affected product
CS
Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
Cisco
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20015
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-20015
Vendor Advisory
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-ikev2-dos-eBueGdEG
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