CVE-2024-20361 Auth bypass in Cisco Firepower Management Center
Unauthenticated attackers can bypass access controls on managed Firepower Threat Defense devices in high-availability setups after a reboot.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-20361?
CVE-2024-20361 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center, published on 22 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the Object Groups for Access Control Lists (ACLs) feature of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured access controls on managed devices that are running Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software. This vulnerability is due to the incorrect deployment of the Object Groups for ACLs feature from Cisco FMC Software to managed FTD devices in high-availability setups. After an affected device is rebooted following Object Groups for ACLs deployment, an attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending traffic through the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass configured access controls and successfully send traffic to devices that are expected to be protected by the affected device.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20361?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center.
How do I fix CVE-2024-20361?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20361 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2024-20361 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20361 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
- CVE-2026-20079 Cisco Firewall Management Center Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
- CVE-2026-20131 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software and Cisco Security Cloud Control (SCC) Firewall Management Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CVE-2026-20316 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Use of Hard-coded Password
- CVE-2025-20265 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software Radius Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-20424 Command injection in Cisco Firepower Management Center
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x2q5-6p7x-mg68.