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CVE-2024-20358

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.0EPSS 0.7%EU EUVD

A vulnerability in the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) restore functionality that is available in Cisco ASA Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root-level privileges. Administrator-level privileges are required to exploit this vulnerability. This vulnerability exists because the contents of a backup file are improperly sanitized at restore time. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by restoring a crafted backup file to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system as root.

Key facts

CVSS score
6.0 (v3.1)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-78
EPSS score
0.7% (52th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2024-18073)
Published
April 24, 2024
NVD last modified
August 11, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2024-18073 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on March 4, 2026.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
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  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
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  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
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  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software
  • cisco / adaptive security appliance software

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Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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