title: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software Identity-Based Rule Bypass Vulnerability
description: A vulnerability in the identity-based firewall (IDFW) rule processing feature of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass security protections. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of network requests by affected devices configured to use object group search. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted network request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass access control list (ACL) rules on the device, bypass security protections, and send network traffic to unauthorized hosts.
problem types: CWE-183
affected:
{
product: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
vendor: Cisco
versions:
status: affected, version: n/a
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: LOW
attackVector: NETWORK
availabilityImpact: NONE
baseScore: 5.3
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
confidentialityImpact: NONE
integrityImpact: LOW
privilegesRequired: NONE
scope: UNCHANGED
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
version: 3.1
]
exploits: The Cisco PSIRT is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory.