CVE-2023-20107

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software and Firepower Threat Defense Software Low-Entropy Keys Vulnerability

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 23, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: August 11, 2026 at 07:37 PM UTC
7 products affected across 1 vendorAdaptive Security ApplianceSecure Firewall Threat DefenseAsa 5506-X

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the deterministic random bit generator (DRBG), also known as pseudorandom number generator (PRNG), in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software for Cisco ASA 5506-X, ASA 5508-X, and ASA 5516-X Firewalls could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a cryptographic collision, enabling the attacker to discover the private key of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient entropy in the DRBG for the affected hardware platforms when generating cryptographic keys. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by generating a large number of cryptographic keys on an affected device and looking for collisions with target devices. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to impersonate an affected target device or to decrypt traffic secured by an affected key that is sent to or from an affected target device.

Affected

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

v < 9.12.1
Affected range stops below 9.12.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
cisco-asa-5506-x (environment) · cisco-asa-5506h-x (environment) · cisco-asa-5506w-x (environment) · cisco-asa-5508-x (environment) · cisco-asa-5516-x (environment)
v < 6.4.0
cisco-asa-5506-x (environment) · cisco-asa-5506h-x (environment) · cisco-asa-5506w-x (environment) · cisco-asa-5508-x (environment) · cisco-asa-5516-x (environment)
All versions
All versions
All versions
All versions
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

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

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-332CWE-331

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