Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software 7.7.0 VPN Feature values

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software 7.7.0. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component VPN Feature. Performing a manipulation results in improper handling of values. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-20268. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software 7.7.0. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code block of the component VPN Feature. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper handling of values vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-229. The product does not properly handle when the expected number of values for parameters, fields, or arguments is not provided in input, or if those values are undefined. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the Geolocation-Based Remote Access (RA) VPN feature of Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured policies to allow or deny HTTP connections based on a country or region. This vulnerability exists because the URL string is not fully parsed. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP connection through the targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass configured policies and gain access to a network where the connection should have been denied.

It is possible to read the advisory at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-20268 since 10/10/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/17/2025).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1845). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense

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• Firewall Software

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• Cisco

Name

• Firepower Threat Defense Software

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• 7.7.0

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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