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CVE-2025-20268

Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software Geolocation Remote Access VPN Bypass Vulnerability

Published: Aug 14, 2025Updated: Aug 15, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-229
NVD MITRE
5.8CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 64.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
0 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

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 Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:CC:NI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-229

Affected Products

Cisco Firepower Threat Defense SoftwareCisco
On-premSecurity Product
Networking Infrastructure / firewall
Firepower Threat DefenseCisco Systems Inc.
On-premSecurity Product
Networking Infrastructure / firewall
ciscocommercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka cisco systems, cisco systems inc.
cisco systems inc.commercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka cisco systems, cisco

Exploitability

0 exploit sources identified

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Official Patch Available

References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftd-ravpn-geobypass-9h38M37Z
sec.cloudapps.cisco.com

Timeline

Published
Aug 14, 2025
Last Updated
Aug 15, 2025

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