Medium severity · published Mar 4, 2026
CVE-2026-20017
Cisco Secure FTD Software Authenticated Command Injection Vulnerability
6.0
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Secure FTD Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials on an affected device.
This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of user-supplied command arguments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted input for a specific CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands on the underlying operating system as root.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 6% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CS
Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software · Cisco
6.4.0.1; 6.4.0.2; 6.4.0.5; 6.4.0; 6.4.0.3; 6.4.0.4; +34 more · source: vendor
SF
Secure Firewall Threat Defense · Cisco
6.4.0 through 6.4.0.18; 7.0.0 through 7.0.8.1; 7.1.0 through 7.1.0.3; 7.2.0 through 7.2.10; 7.3.0 through 7.3.1.2; 7.4.0 through 7.4.3; +3 more · source: NVD
Affected product
CS
Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software
Cisco
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20017
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-20017
Vendor Advisory
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftd-cmd-inj-mTzGZexf
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