CVE-2025-20253High· 8.6▾ TwilightMultiple vulnerabilities in the Internet Key Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2) feature of Cisco IOS Software, Cisco IOS XE Software, Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software, and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) …
▾ Twilight zone — High severity, or a signal on a lesser flaw
impact 47.3 · likelihood 0.1 · exploitation 0
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Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via CSAF
0.5%
Multiple vulnerabilities in the Internet Key Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2) feature of Cisco IOS Software, Cisco IOS XE Software, Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software, and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trigger a denial of service (DoS) condition.
Cisco has released software updates that address these vulnerabilities. There are workarounds that address these vulnerabilities.
For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details ["#details"] section of this advisory.
This advisory is part of the August 2025 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: August 2025 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-75415"].
Cisco IOS, IOS XE, Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance, and Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software IKEv2 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities. Released 2025-08-14.
Affected:
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. https://software.cisco.com
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