CVE-2018-0296

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 7, 2018 at 12:00 PM UTC
Updated: August 11, 2026 at 07:48 PM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorAdaptive Security ApplianceSecure Firewall Threat DefenseFirepower Threat Defense

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploitation
CISA KEV
Exploit prediction
EPSS 100%
SSVC
Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score99.9%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 99.9% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 100% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) contains an improper input validation vulnerability with HTTP URLs. Exploitation could allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition or information disclosure.

Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Added to KEV
Nov 3, 2021
Remediation Due
May 3, 2022
1639 days overdue

Description

A vulnerability in the web interface of the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. It is also possible on certain software releases that the ASA will not reload, but an attacker could view sensitive system information without authentication by using directory traversal techniques. The vulnerability is due to lack of proper input validation of the HTTP URL. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition or unauthenticated disclosure of information. This vulnerability applies to IPv4 and IPv6 HTTP traffic. This vulnerability affects Cisco ASA Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software that is running on the following Cisco products: 3000 Series Industrial Security Appliance (ISA), ASA 1000V Cloud Firewall, ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances, ASA 5500-X Series Next-Generation Firewalls, ASA Services Module for Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches and Cisco 7600 Series Routers, Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance (ASAv), Firepower 2100 Series Security Appliance, Firepower 4100 Series Security Appliance, Firepower 9300 ASA Security Module, FTD Virtual (FTDv). Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvi16029.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

9.1 ≤ v < 9.1.7.299.2 ≤ v < 9.2.4.339.3 ≤ v < 9.4.4.189.5 ≤ v < 9.6.4.89.7 ≤ v < 9.7.1.249.8 ≤ v < 9.8.2.289.9 ≤ v < 9.9.2.1
Affected range stops below 9.1.7.29, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.2.4.33, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.4.4.18, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.6.4.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.7.1.24, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.8.2.28, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.9.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.2.2.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
6.0 ≤ v < 6.1.06.2.1 ≤ v < 6.2.2.36.2.36.2.3.1

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (7)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104612
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041076
x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-184-01
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44956/
US Government Resource
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-0296

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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