Description
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Secure Adaptive Security Appliance Software, Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities.  

The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20329 are related to issues concerning improper handling of exceptional conditions that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-703.
Published: 2026-09-16
Score: 9.9 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 23:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Cisco
Cisco adaptive Security Appliance Software
Cisco secure Firewall Management Center
Cisco secure Firewall Threat Defense
Vendors & Products Cisco
Cisco adaptive Security Appliance Software
Cisco secure Firewall Management Center
Cisco secure Firewall Threat Defense

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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Description As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Secure Adaptive Security Appliance Software, Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. &nbsp; The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20329 are related to issues concerning improper handling of exceptional conditions that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Pillar CWE-703.
Title Cisco Secure Adaptive Security Appliance Software, Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software and Secure Firewall Management Center Software Hardening Release - Exceptional Conditions Handling Vulnerabilities
Weaknesses CWE-703
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Subscriptions

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Secure Firewall Management Center Secure Firewall Threat Defense
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-18T19:09:48.774Z

Reserved: 2025-10-08T11:59:15.412Z

Link: CVE-2026-20329

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Updated: 2026-09-17T14:59:15.399Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-16T20:17:23.600

Modified: 2026-09-18T20:17:13.133

Link: CVE-2026-20329

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Updated: 2026-09-19T22:36:50Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-703

    Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions