🛡️ CVE-2022-20826
🟡 CVSS 6.4 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-501 NVD
6.4
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

A vulnerability in the secure boot implementation of Cisco Secure Firewalls 3100 Series that are running Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software or Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated attacker with physical access to the device to bypass the secure boot functionality. This vulnerability is due to a logic error in the boot process. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting malicious code into a specific memory location during the boot process of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute persistent code at boot time and break the chain of trust.

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.4
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-501
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2022-11-15
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2024-11-21
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
adaptive-security-appliance-software
firepower-threat-defense

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