CVE-2026-20154Disclosure

LOWCVSS 8.6 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

A vulnerability in the system rate-limiting process for syslog message 419002 of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause high CPU utilization on an affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to improper rate limiting for syslog message 419002. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a flood of TCP synchronization (SYN) packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause high CPU utilization, resulting in performance degradation. 

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-835

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-09-16: 1Technical Details · 2026-09-16: 109-16
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
1100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
By indicator
Full discourse1 post
  • Kaitan ID Security@KaitanSecurity
    Disclosure

    ⚠️ HIGH — CVE-2026-20154 Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software Logging Denial of Service… CVSS 8.6 Full analysis → https://sec.kaitan.id/cves/CVE-2026-20154 #Cisco #CyberSecurity #InfoSec

    Post summary

    The tweet announces a high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall appliances, providing the CVSS score and a link to a full analysis, but does not mention any proof of concept, exploit, active exploitation, or patch.

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