CVE-2018-15388

HighCVSS 8.6/10Last modified Aug 11, 2026

Description

A vulnerability in the WebVPN login process of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause increased CPU utilization on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to excessive processing load for existing WebVPN login operations. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending multiple WebVPN login requests to the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to increase CPU load on the device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.6/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-400

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: May 3, 2019
Last modified: Aug 11, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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