High severity · published Aug 14, 2025
CVE-2025-20127
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software for Firepower 3100 and 4200 Series TLS Cipher Denial of Service Vulnerability
7.7
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the TLS 1.3 implementation for a specific cipher for Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software for Cisco Firepower 3100 and 4200 Series devices could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to consume resources that are associated with incoming TLS 1.3 connections, which eventually could cause the device to stop accepting any new SSL/TLS or VPN requests. This vulnerability is due to the implementation of the TLS 1.3 Cipher TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large number of TLS 1.3 connections with the specific TLS 1.3 Cipher TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition where no new incoming encrypted connections are accepted. The device must be reloaded to clear this condition. Note: These incoming TLS 1.3 connections include both data traffic and user-management traffic. After the device is in the vulnerable state, no new encrypted connections can be accepted.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CA
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software · Cisco
9.20.1; 9.20.1.5; 9.20.2; 9.20.2.10; 9.20.2.21; 9.20.2.22; +4 more · source: vendor
CF
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software · Cisco
7.4.0; 7.4.1; 7.4.1.1; 7.4.2; 7.6.0; 7.4.2.1 · source: vendor
AS
Adaptive Security Appliance Software · Cisco
9.20.1; 9.20.1.5; 9.20.2; 9.20.2.10; 9.20.2.21; 9.20.2.22; +4 more · source: NVD
SF
Secure Firewall Threat Defense · Cisco
7.4.0; 7.4.1; 7.4.1.1; 7.4.2; 7.4.2.1; 7.6.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
CA
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
Cisco
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