CVE•Published 2024-10-23•Modified 2026-08-11•0 articles on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2024-20431Cisco · Secure_firewall_threat_defense

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

5.8

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 68% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-229Improper Handling of Values

Description

A vulnerability in the geolocation access control feature of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass an access control policy. This vulnerability is due to improper assignment of geolocation data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending traffic through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass a geolocation-based access control policy and successfully send traffic to a protected device.

Timeline

Published 2024-10-23

Modified 2026-08-11

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC Sploitus VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2024-20431

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product + version

product:"Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense" version:"7.0.0"

Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Secure Firewall Threat Defense"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Secure Firewall Threat Defense" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2024-20431