high Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2024-20353Cisco firewalls — one request reloads the device

Incomplete error checking in the management and remote-access web servers of Cisco's firewall software (ASA and FTD) sends the device into an endless loop, and a single crafted request takes it down. No credentials are needed.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Install the fixed release named in the Cisco advisory, and restrict which networks may reach the management and remote-access web servers on the device.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
8.6/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
71%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2024-04-24
Added to KEV
2024-04-24
Exploit published
Yes
Confidence
medium
Kill chain
impact
MITRE ATT&CK
T1499
Severity
high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attacker needsNetwork access to a web server running on the device.

Behind the card

4 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2024-20353 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-09-24