Evidence used
- CISA confirms exploitation in the wild.
- The selected CVSS metric records a network-reachable, unauthenticated path with no user interaction.
- EPSS is 87.09% for the current model date.
BlackTreeCVE IntelligenceCisco · Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense
Official source article: Cisco CISCO-SA-ASAFTD-WEBVPN-YROOTUW ↗. Check the applicable product and release in the original source.
CISA confirms exploitation in the wild and lists 2025-09-26 as the remediation due date.
CISA confirms exploitation in the wild and lists 2025-09-26 as the remediation due date.
Mitigation availableCisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security (ASA) Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software VPN Web Server contain a missing authorization vulnerability. This vulnerability could be chained with CVE-2025-20333.
Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security (ASA) Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software VPN Web Server contain a missing authorization vulnerability. This vulnerability could be chained with CVE-2025-20333.
The application reaches a protected operation without first confirming that the requester is authorised.
An attacker operating through a network path may attempt exploitation without authentication or user interaction. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.
Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security (ASA) Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software VPN Web Server contain a missing authorization vulnerability. This vulnerability could be chained with CVE-2025-20333.
The application reaches a protected operation without first confirming that the requester is authorised.
An attacker operating through a network path may attempt exploitation without authentication or user interaction. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.
CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.
CISA added this CVE to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 2025-09-25.
No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.
CWE-862: Missing Authorization. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NCommon Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.
Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.
Published 25 Sept 2025 · Last source change 26 Feb 2026, 17:47 UTC · CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.