Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software SAML Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Summary

CVECVE-2026-20102
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercisco
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-03-04 18:16:25 UTC
Updated2026-04-16 20:28:09 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the SAML 2.0 single sign-on (SSO) feature of Cisco Secure Firewall ASA Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against the SAML feature and access sensitive, browser-based information. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of multiple HTTP parameters. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user to access a malicious link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to conduct a reflected XSS attack through an affected device.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.1 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary6.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
3.1CNACVSSV3_16.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.16.1 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.16.1.28 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.16.2 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.16.2.3 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.16.2.7 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.17.1 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.16.2.11 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.16.2.13 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.16.2.14 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.17.1.7 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.17.1.9 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.17.1.10 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.17.1.11 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.17.1.13 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.17.1.15 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.17.1.20 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.17.1.30 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.17.1.33 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.17.1.39 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.17.1.45 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.17.1.46 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.23.1.13 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.20.4.7 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.22.2.13 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.18.4.66 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.20.4.10 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.23.1.19 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance ASA Software affected 9.18.4.67 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense FTD Software affected 7.0.0 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense FTD Software affected 7.0.0.1 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense FTD Software affected 7.0.1 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense FTD Software affected 7.1.0 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense FTD Software affected 7.0.1.1 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense FTD Software affected 7.1.0.1 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense FTD Software affected 7.1.0.2 Not specified
CNA Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense FTD Software affected 7.1.0.3 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd... [email protected] sec.cloudapps.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Additional Advisory Data

Exploits

CNA: The Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory.

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