🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2026-20018

MEDIUM 5.9

Cisco Firepower Management Center Software and Firepower Threat Defense Path Traversal Vulnerability

CVSS Score
5.9
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

A vulnerability in the sftunnel functionality of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative privileges to write arbitrary files as root on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of the directory path during file synchronization. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a directory path outside of the expected file location. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to create or replace any file on the underlying operating system.

CWE CWE-27
Vendor cisco
Product cisco secure firewall management center (fmc)
Ecosystems
Industries
NetworkingTelecommunications
Published Mar 4, 2026
Last Updated Mar 4, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

Cisco / Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC)
7.0.0 7.0.0.1 7.0.1 7.1.0 7.0.1.1 7.1.0.1 7.0.2 7.2.0 7.0.2.1 7.0.3 7.1.0.2 7.2.0.1 7.0.4 7.2.1 7.0.5 7.3.0 7.2.2 7.3.1 7.2.3 7.1.0.3 7.2.3.1 7.2.4 7.0.6 7.2.4.1 7.2.5 7.3.1.1 7.4.0 7.0.6.1 7.2.5.1 7.4.1 7.2.6 7.4.1.1 7.0.6.2 7.2.7 7.2.5.2 7.3.1.2 7.2.8 7.6.0 7.4.2 7.2.8.1 7.0.6.3 7.4.2.1 7.2.9 7.0.7 7.7.0 7.4.2.2 7.2.10 7.6.1 7.4.2.3 7.0.8 7.6.2 7.7.10 7.2.10.1 7.0.8.1 7.6.2.1 7.2.10.2 7.7.10.1 7.4.2.4 7.4.3
Cisco / Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software
7.0.0 7.0.0.1 7.0.1 7.1.0 7.0.1.1 7.1.0.1 7.0.2 7.2.0 7.0.2.1 7.0.3 7.1.0.2 7.2.0.1 7.0.4 7.2.1 7.0.5 7.3.0 7.2.2 7.2.3 7.3.1 7.1.0.3 7.2.4 7.0.6 7.2.5 7.2.4.1 7.3.1.1 7.4.0 7.0.6.1 7.2.5.1 7.4.1 7.2.6 7.0.6.2 7.4.1.1 7.2.7 7.2.5.2 7.3.1.2 7.2.8 7.6.0 7.4.2 7.2.8.1 7.0.6.3 7.4.2.1 7.2.9 7.0.7 7.7.0 7.4.2.2 7.2.10 7.6.1 7.4.2.3 7.0.8 7.6.2 7.7.10 7.0.8.1 7.6.2.1 7.7.10.1 7.4.2.4 7.2.10.2 7.4.3

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
sec.cloudapps.cisco.com: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftdfmc-dir-trav-wERgjhWq