CVE-2025-20268

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.8
Exploit probability—
ProductCisco Firepower Threat Defense Software
PublishedAug 14, 2025
First seenAug 14, 2025
Weakness typeCWE-229CWE-229

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Cisco Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software7.7.0—

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