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CVE-2024-20359

A vulnerability in a legacy capability that allowed for the preloading of VPN clients and plug-ins and that has been available in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary code with root-level privileges. Administrator-level privileges are required to exploit this…

Actively exploited: CISA added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 24 Apr 2024.

Severity
Medium 6.0
Published
24 Apr 2024
Last changed
11 Aug 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
Cisco ASA and Firepower Threat DefenseServers and applications · cpe:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software
  • Version 9.20.2
  • Version 9.20.1.5
  • Version 9.20.1
  • Version 9.19.1.27
All 187 release lines
  • Version 9.8.1
  • Version 9.8.1.5
  • Version 9.8.1.7
  • Version 9.8.2
  • Version 9.8.2.8
  • Version 9.8.2.14
  • Version 9.8.2.15
  • Version 9.8.2.17
  • Version 9.8.2.20
  • Version 9.8.2.24
  • Version 9.8.2.26
  • Version 9.8.2.28
  • Version 9.8.2.33
  • Version 9.8.2.35
  • Version 9.8.2.38
  • Version 9.8.3
  • Version 9.8.3.8
  • Version 9.8.3.11
  • Version 9.8.3.14
  • Version 9.8.3.16
  • Version 9.8.3.18
  • Version 9.8.3.21
  • Version 9.8.3.26
  • Version 9.8.3.29
  • Version 9.8.4
  • Version 9.8.4.3
  • Version 9.8.4.7
  • Version 9.8.4.8
  • Version 9.8.4.10
  • Version 9.8.4.12
  • Version 9.8.4.15
  • Version 9.8.4.17
  • Version 9.8.4.20
  • Version 9.8.4.22
  • Version 9.8.4.25
  • Version 9.8.4.26
  • Version 9.8.4.29
  • Version 9.8.4.32
  • Version 9.8.4.33
  • Version 9.8.4.34
  • Version 9.8.4.35
  • Version 9.8.4.39
  • Version 9.8.4.40
  • Version 9.8.4.41
  • Version 9.8.4.43
  • Version 9.8.4.44
  • Version 9.8.4.45
  • Version 9.8.4.46
  • Version 9.8.4.48
  • Version 9.12.1
  • Version 9.12.1.2
  • Version 9.12.1.3
  • Version 9.12.2
  • Version 9.12.2.1
  • Version 9.12.2.4
  • Version 9.12.2.5
  • Version 9.12.2.9
  • Version 9.12.3
  • Version 9.12.3.2
  • Version 9.12.3.7
  • Version 9.12.3.9
  • Version 9.12.3.12
  • Version 9.12.4
  • Version 9.12.4.2
  • Version 9.12.4.4
  • Version 9.12.4.7
  • Version 9.12.4.8
  • Version 9.12.4.10
  • Version 9.12.4.13
  • Version 9.12.4.18
  • Version 9.12.4.24
  • Version 9.12.4.26
  • Version 9.12.4.29
  • Version 9.12.4.30
  • Version 9.12.4.35
  • Version 9.12.4.37
  • Version 9.12.4.38
  • Version 9.12.4.39
  • Version 9.12.4.40
  • Version 9.12.4.41
  • Version 9.12.4.47
  • Version 9.12.4.48
  • Version 9.12.4.50
  • Version 9.12.4.52
  • Version 9.12.4.54
  • Version 9.12.4.55
  • Version 9.12.4.56
  • Version 9.12.4.58
  • Version 9.12.4.62
  • Version 9.12.4.65
  • Version 9.14.1
  • Version 9.14.1.6
  • Version 9.14.1.10
  • Version 9.14.1.15
  • Version 9.14.1.19
  • Version 9.14.1.30
  • Version 9.14.2
  • Version 9.14.2.4
  • Version 9.14.2.8
  • Version 9.14.2.13
  • Version 9.14.2.15
  • Version 9.14.3
  • Version 9.14.3.1
  • Version 9.14.3.9
  • Version 9.14.3.11
  • Version 9.14.3.13
  • Version 9.14.3.15
  • Version 9.14.3.18
  • Version 9.14.4
  • Version 9.14.4.6
  • Version 9.14.4.7
  • Version 9.14.4.12
  • Version 9.14.4.13
  • Version 9.14.4.14
  • Version 9.14.4.15
  • Version 9.14.4.17
  • Version 9.14.4.22
  • Version 9.14.4.23
  • Version 9.15.1
  • Version 9.15.1.1
  • Version 9.15.1.7
  • Version 9.15.1.10
  • Version 9.15.1.15
  • Version 9.15.1.16
  • Version 9.15.1.17
  • Version 9.15.1.21
  • Version 9.16.1
  • Version 9.16.1.28
  • Version 9.16.2
  • Version 9.16.2.3
  • Version 9.16.2.7
  • Version 9.16.2.11
  • Version 9.16.2.13
  • Version 9.16.2.14
  • Version 9.16.3
  • Version 9.16.3.3
  • Version 9.16.3.14
  • Version 9.16.3.15
  • Version 9.16.3.19
  • Version 9.16.3.23
  • Version 9.16.4
  • Version 9.16.4.9
  • Version 9.16.4.14
  • Version 9.16.4.18
  • Version 9.16.4.19
  • Version 9.16.4.27
  • Version 9.16.4.38
  • Version 9.16.4.39
  • Version 9.16.4.42
  • Version 9.16.4.48
  • Version 9.16.4.55
  • Version 9.17.1
  • Version 9.17.1.7
  • Version 9.17.1.9
  • Version 9.17.1.10
  • Version 9.17.1.11
  • Version 9.17.1.13
  • Version 9.17.1.15
  • Version 9.17.1.20
  • Version 9.17.1.30
  • Version 9.17.1.33
  • Version 9.18.1
  • Version 9.18.1.3
  • Version 9.18.2
  • Version 9.18.2.5
  • Version 9.18.2.7
  • Version 9.18.2.8
  • Version 9.18.3
  • Version 9.18.3.39
  • Version 9.18.3.46
  • Version 9.18.3.53
  • Version 9.18.3.55
  • Version 9.18.3.56
  • Version 9.18.4
  • Version 9.18.4.5
  • Version 9.18.4.8
  • Version 9.19.1
  • Version 9.19.1.5
  • Version 9.19.1.9
  • Version 9.19.1.12
  • Version 9.19.1.18
  • Version 9.19.1.22
  • Version 9.19.1.24
  • Version 9.19.1.27
  • Version 9.20.1
  • Version 9.20.1.5
  • Version 9.20.2

Known exploited

CISA name
Cisco ASA and FTD Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Due for US agencies
1 May 2024
Used in ransomware
Not known

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20359
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-20359