Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software Remote Access SSL VPN Tunnel DoS (cisco-sa-asaftd-tunnel-dos-s6mgkb75)

high Nessus Plugin ID 374260

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software is affected by a vulnerability.

- A vulnerability in the Remote Access SSL VPN service of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to logic errors when secondary authentication is configured on a tunnel group. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request when connecting to the SSL remote access VPN. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition. (CVE-2026-76418)

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCwx26625

See Also

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwx26625

http://www.nessus.org/u?5cf9b335

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 374260

File Name: cisco-sa-asaftd-tunnel-dos-s6mgkb75-ftd.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 10/30/2026

Updated: 10/30/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.11

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-76418

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:firepower_threat_defense

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Cisco Firepower Threat Defense

Patch Publication Date: 10/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/28/2026

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 11/1/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-76418

CWE: 690

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-asaftd-tunnel-dos-s6mgkb75

IAVA: 2026-A-1226

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwx26625