CVE-2025-20183
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.004 · 38 %ileDEEUNLRUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability in a policy-based Cisco Application Visibility and Control (AVC) implementation of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Web Appliance could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to evade the antivirus scanner and download a malicious file onto an endpoint. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of a crafted range request header. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending an HTTP request with a crafted range request header through the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to evade the antivirus scanner and download malware onto the endpoint without detection by Cisco Secure Web Appliance.
remediations
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A vendor fix is available.
- FixedCisco Secure Web Appliancecisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
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affected products (117)
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advisories (3)
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- NCSC-2025-0042Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Cisco AsyncOS SoftwareNL2025-02-07csaf · ncsc_nlNL
Cisco heeft kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Cisco AsyncOS Software (Specifiek voor Cisco Secure Web Appliance en Cisco Secure Email Gateway).
- WID-SEC-W-2025-0276Cisco AsyncOS, Secure Email Gateway und Secure Web Appliance: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-02-05csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter anonymer oder authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Cisco AsyncOS, Cisco Secure Email Gateway und Cisco Secure Web Appliance ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code mit Administratorrechten auszuführen, Root-Rechte zu erlangen, vertrauliche Informationen preiszugeben, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen und einen Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriff durchzuführen.
- cisco-sa-swa-range-bypass-2BsEHYSuCisco Secure Web Appliance Range Request Bypass Vulnerability2025-02-05csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in a policy-based Cisco Application Visibility and Control (AVC) implementation of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Web Appliance could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to evade the antivirus scanner and download a malicious file onto an endpoint. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of a crafted range request header. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending an HTTP request with a crafted range request header through the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to evade the antivirus scanner and download malware onto the endpoint without detection by Cisco Secure Web Appliance. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
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references (4)
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- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-swa-range-bypass-2BsEHYSucnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Cisco-Secure-Web-Appliance-ingress-filtrering-bypass-via-Range-Request-46291cnnvd
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-swa-range-bypass-2BsEHYSuenisa_euvd
- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-swa-range-bypass-2BsEHYSuVendor Advisorynvd
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