Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) CLI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Severity
- High7.8CVSS 3.1, High
- Known exploited
- Known exploitedFederal remediation due date: 14 Jun 2022
- Exploit prediction
- 23%
- Published
- 18 Aug 2016Updated 17 Jun 2026 · Last verified 29 Sept 2026
Description
Title, description and vendor guidance are quoted from the source records.
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software before 8.4(1) on ASA 5500, ASA 5500-X, PIX, and FWSM devices allows local users to gain privileges via invalid CLI commands, aka Bug ID CSCtu74257 or EPICBANANA.
Weakness: CWE-77
Known exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 24 May 2022
Federal remediation due date: 14 Jun 2022
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Exploit prediction
23% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 98%).
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
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References
Provenance
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- Cisco (CVE record)
- Cisco (CVE record) · 29 Sept 2026 at 21:17 UTC · Parser patcharo-cve5/1.1.0
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities · 29 Sept 2026 at 21:17 UTC · Parser patcharo-kev/1.0.0
- NVD
- NVD · 27 Sept 2026 at 23:44 UTC · Parser patcharo-nvd/1.0.0
- FIRST EPSS
- FIRST EPSS · 30 Sept 2026 at 00:17 UTC · Parser patcharo-epss/1.0.0
Last verified: 29 Sept 2026 at 21:17 UTC