Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-20331

CVE-2026-20331

Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software — Cisco Secure Adaptive Security Appliance Software, Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software and Secure Firewall Management Center Software Hardening Release - Protection Mechanism Failure Vulnerabilities

Description · from the CVE record

As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Secure Adaptive Security Appliance Software, Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities.   The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20331 are related to the failure of protection mechanisms issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-693.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software9.16.1–CNA
Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software9.16.1.28–CNA
Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software9.16.2–CNA
Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software9.16.2.3–CNA
Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software9.16.2.7–CNA
Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software9.16.2.11–CNA
Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software9.16.2.13–CNA
Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software9.16.2.14–CNA
Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software9.16.3.3–CNA
Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software9.16.3–CNA
Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software9.16.3.14–CNA
Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software9.16.3.15–CNA

Scores by source

cisco (CNA)9.6CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

References

refsec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-hardening-asaftdfmc-uvpPROhN