Cisco ASA Improper Input Validation (CVE-2022-20924)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 506165

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

A vulnerability in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) feature of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted SNMP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 506165

File Name: tenable_ot_cisco_CVE-2022-20924.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 10/6/2026

Updated: 10/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.14.1.10, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.14.1.15, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.14.1.19, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.14.1.30, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.14.1.6, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.14.1, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.14.2.13, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.14.2.15, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.14.2.4, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.14.2.8, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.14.2, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.14.3.11, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.14.3.13, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.14.3.15, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.14.3.18, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.14.3.1, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.14.3.9, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.14.3, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.14.4.12, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.14.4.6, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.14.4.7, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.14.4, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.15.1.10, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.15.1.15, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.15.1.16, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.15.1.17, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.15.1.1, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.15.1.21, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.15.1.7, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.15.1, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.16.3.14, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.16.3.3, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.16.3, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.17.1.10, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.17.1.11, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.17.1.13, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.17.1.15, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.17.1.7, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.17.1.9, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.17.1, cpe:/o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:9.18.1

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Cisco

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-20924

CWE: 20, 703

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