Disclosure summary
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) contain an improper input validation vulnerability when HTTP requests process URLs. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request containing directory traversal character sequences to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view arbitrary files within the web services file system on the targeted device.
CISA remediation guidance
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Original records & references
PUBLISHED 2021-11-03T00:00:00-04:00
MODIFIED 2021-11-03T00:00:00-04:00
INGESTED 2026-10-06T11:42:59-04:00