CVE-2025-20219
A vulnerability in the implementation of access control rules for loopback interfaces in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to send traffic that should have been blocked to a loopback interface. This vulnerability is due to improper enforcement of access control rules for loopback interfaces. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending traffic to a loopback interface on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass configured access control rules and send traffic that should have been blocked to a loopback interface on the device.
EPSS 0.04% · 13.9th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software | 7.3.0, 7.3.1.1, 7.4.0 |
| Cisco | Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software | 9.18.2, 9.18.2.5, 9.19.1 |
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- Oct 10, 2024 CVE ID Reserved
- Aug 14, 2025 Coalition ESS Score
- Aug 14, 2025 CVE Published
- Aug 14, 2025 CVE Updated
- Aug 15, 2025 EPSS Score
- Aug 15, 2025 Coalition ESS Score
- Aug 23, 2025 EPSS Score
- Aug 26, 2025 Coalition ESS Score
- Aug 31, 2025 EPSS Score
- Sep 9, 2025 EPSS Score
- Sep 17, 2025 EPSS Score
- Sep 25, 2025 EPSS Score