TL;DR 📌

A medium-severity vulnerability has been identified in the Geolocation-Based Remote Access VPN feature of Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass security policies, potentially granting unauthorized access to restricted networks. No workarounds are available, and software updates are necessary to mitigate the risk.

What happened 🕵️‍♂️

A vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software’s Geolocation-Based Remote Access (RA) VPN feature could enable an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured policies that control HTTP connections based on geographical location. This issue arises from incomplete URL parsing, allowing attackers to exploit it by sending crafted HTTP connections. Successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized access to networks that should otherwise be protected.