Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software Java Deserialization Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the External Database Access feature of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insecure deserialization of a user-supplied Java byte stream from a host that is configured in the external database access list. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted, serialized Java byte stream to a specific TCP port of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands o
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- Vendor
- Cisco
- Product
- Firepower / FTD
- Exposure class
- Edge / VPN / firewall
Why it ranks 32 (Notable)
- Exposed product class: edge / VPN / firewall
- Widely deployed vendor product (Cisco)
- Covered by 2 independent sources
- Vendor security advisory
- Recency: items published within 24 hours gain 15, within 72 hours 6, within 7 days 2.
Links
- Cisco PSIRT Security Advisories (sec.cloudapps.cisco.com)
- CVE-2026-20242 on this site · NVD · CVE.org · Vulnpedia
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