CVE-2023-20269Vulnerability

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance and Firepower Threat Defense Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

Exploited in the wildCISA added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list on 13 Sep 2023.

Reported by 2 independent sources · first reported 20 Oct 2026 by CISA advisories · last reported 22 Oct 2026

Last reported 2 days ago

CISA KEVAdded 13 Sep 2023
Fix due 4 Oct 2023
Used by ransomware: knownCISA KEV catalogue

EPSS25.5%
higher than 97% of CVEsFIRST EPSS, as of 23 Oct 2026

What the reports say

2 reports, newest first · the exact sentence from each

“Attacks involve the exploitation of known security flaws in edge device products and internet-exposed products (CVE-2020-3259, CVE-2023-20269, CVE-2023-27532, CVE-2024-40711, and CVE-2024-40766) or, alternatively, credential exposure and brute-force password attacks, for initial…”

The Hacker NewsNews22 Oct 2026
ThreatsDay: AI Secrets Leak, PingCAP Source Theft, Signal Hang-Up Flaw, Laravel Auth Bypass + 21 More
“CVE-2023-20269 [CWE-288: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel]”

CISA advisoriesGovernment20 Oct 2026
#StopRansomware: SafePay Ransomware

Indicators reported together

named in the same reports

173.194.194[.]94in 1 report
a0dc80a37eb7e271…ed228d9ff526in 1 report
bbdd3620a67aedec…02a6f4bc6f41in 1 report
119.13.79[.]145in 1 report
210.242.76[.]32in 1 report
211.20.144[.]116in 1 report

Copy these 6 indicators · defanged

6 indicators, defanged, one per line

173.194.194[.]94
a0dc80a37eb7e2716c02a94adc8df9baedec192a77bde31669faed228d9ff526
bbdd3620a67aedec4b9a68b2c9cc880b6631215e129816aea19902a6f4bc6f41
119.13.79[.]145
210.242.76[.]32
211.20.144[.]116

Also named with it: CVE-2024-40766, CVE-2023-27532, CVE-2020-3259, CVE-2024-40711, CVE-2024-4577, CVE-2022-47945, CVE-2021-41773, CVE-2026-107186, CVE-2026-107187, CVE-2026-107188

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