CVE detail

CVE-2024-20526 — CVE-2024-20526

Published 2024-10-23 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor cisco · Product adaptive_security_appliance_software · Source nvd
MEDIUM
severity
CVSS-derived band
5.3
CVSS v3
0–10 scale
0.0049
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
39.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog

Description

A vulnerability in the SSH server of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition for the SSH server of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to a logic error when an SSH session is established. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted SSH messages to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust available SSH resources on the affected device so that new SSH connections to the device are denied, resulting in a DoS condition. Existing SSH connections to the device would continue to function normally. The device must be rebooted manually to recover. However, user traffic would not be impacted and could be managed using a remote appl

Remediation

ProductVulnerable rangeFixed versionAdvisory
Cisco Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Softwarenot specifiedadvisory ↗

References

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