medium Known exploitedREV. 01
CVE-2024-20481Cisco ASA and FTD — remote access service exhausts resources
The remote access service in Cisco's security appliance software (ASA, FTD) does not release resources when it should, so an unauthenticated attacker can exhaust them and take the service down.
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THE VITAL STATS- CVSS score
- 5.8/ 10 CVSS v3.1
- EPSS probability
- 16% Likelihood of exploitation
- Attack complexity
- Low Conditions needed to exploit
- Known exploited
- Yes — CISA KEV
- CVE published
- 2024-10-23
- Added to KEV
- 2024-10-24
- Exploit published
- Not recorded
- Confidence
- high
- Kill chain
- impact
- MITRE ATT&CK
- —
- Severity
- medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attacker needsNetwork access to the remote access service; no credentials needed.
Behind the card
3 REFERENCES- 01CVE recordNVD recordnvd.nist.gov
- 02CISACISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogcisa.gov
- 03Vendor advisorysec.cloudapps.cisco.comsec.cloudapps.cisco.com
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +
Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.
| Fields | Source | Retrieved | Extractor | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_at | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_added | cisa.gov | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| epss | api.first.org | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisites | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-09-24 | claude-code | high |
Printing history
THE RECORD- r1Initial base card
First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.