CVE-2020-3125

CRITICAL

Cisco ASA Software <9.8.4.15 - Kerberos Auth Bypass via KDC Spoofing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the Kerberos authentication feature of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to impersonate the Kerberos key distribution center (KDC) and bypass authentication on an affected device that is configured to perform Kerberos authentication for VPN or local device access. The vulnerability is due to insufficient identity verification of the KDC when a successful authentication response is received. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by spoofing the KDC server response to the ASA device. This malicious response would not have been authenticated by the KDC. A successful attack could allow an attacker to bypass Kerberos authentication.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0117
EPSS Percentile 79.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (13)
cisco/adaptive_security_appliance_software 9.8 - 9.8.4.15
cisco/asa_5505_firmware 9.10\(1.220\)
cisco/asa_5510_firmware 9.10\(1.220\)
cisco/asa_5512-x_firmware 9.10\(1.220\)
cisco/asa_5515-x_firmware 9.10\(1.220\)
cisco/asa_5520_firmware 9.10\(1.220\)
cisco/asa_5525-x_firmware 9.10\(1.220\)
cisco/asa_5540_firmware 9.10\(1.220\)
cisco/asa_5545-x_firmware 9.10\(1.220\)
cisco/asa_5550_firmware 9.10\(1.220\)
... and 3 more
Published May 06, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026