CVE-2024-20359
Cisco ASA and FTD Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Cisco · Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD)
Vulnerability details
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) contain a privilege escalation vulnerability that can allow local privilege escalation from Administrator to root.
Added to CISA KEV: 2024-04-24
Ransomware campaign use: Unknown
CISA due date: 2024-05-01
Defensive guidance from CISA
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
This is the source's required-action field, not an independently validated patch procedure. Refer to the vendor for exact affected versions and fixes.
Source catalog date: 2026-11-06T19:44:45.1797Z · Last retrieved: 2026-11-06 21:02:26 UTC