cisco-sa-ftdfmc-dir-trav-wERgjhWqMediumCVSS 5.9

Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center and Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software Path Traversal Vulnerability

Published
March 4, 2026
Last Modified
March 4, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-20018 →

📋 Description

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.

Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

This advisory is part of the March 2026 release of the Cisco Secure Firewall ASA, Secure FMC, and Secure FTD Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication. For a complete list of the advisories and links to them, see Cisco Event Response: March 2026 Semiannual Cisco Secure Firewall ASA, Secure FMC, and Secure FTD Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-75736"].

CVE-2026-20018 — Cisco Firepower Management Center Software and Firepower Threat Defense Path Traversal Vulnerability (CVSS 3.1 5.9, CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)

🎯 Affected products130

  • Cisco 3000 Series Industrial Security Appliances (ISA)
  • Cisco ASA 5500-X Series Firewalls
  • Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
  • Cisco Firepower 2100 Series
  • Cisco Firepower 4100 Series
  • Cisco Firepower 9000 Series
  • Cisco Secure Firewall 1200 Series
  • Cisco Secure Firewall 3100 Series
  • Cisco Secure Firewall 4200 Series
  • Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC)
  • Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Appliances
  • Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software
  • Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual
  • Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0.0
  • Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0.0.1
  • Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0.1
  • Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0.1.1
  • Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0.2
  • Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0.2.1
  • Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0.3
  • Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0.4
  • Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0.5
  • Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0.6
  • Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0.6.1
  • Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0.6.2
  • Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0.6.3
  • Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0.7
  • Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0.8
  • Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.0.8.1
  • Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) 7.1.0
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✅ Remediation

Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. https://software.cisco.com Workarounds: There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

🔗 References (7)