Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This flaw lets an unauthenticated remote attacker bypass Cisco HTTP filtering on affected Firepower products using specially crafted HTTP headers. The business risk is that content expected to be blocked could reach protected systems. The provided sources do not show confirmed active exploitation.
Executive priority
Handle as a moderate-priority network security control issue. Prioritize environments where Cisco Firepower filtering is a primary barrier between untrusted web traffic and sensitive internal systems.
Technical view
Cisco describes improper handling of crafted HTTP request headers, including requests over HTTPS, in the HTTP filtering component. Successful exploitation bypasses filtering protections and can allow malicious requests or content to reach protected systems. CVSS v3.0 is 5.8 with network access, low complexity, no privileges, no user interaction, changed scope, and low integrity impact.
Likely exposure
Organizations are exposed if they run affected Cisco Firepower Threat Defense, FirePOWER Services for ASA, or Firepower Management Center Software and rely on HTTP filtering to block malicious content. The source bundle does not provide specific affected version ranges.
Exploitation context
The vulnerability is remotely reachable and unauthenticated, but the source bundle only supports a filtering-bypass impact. KEV status is false, and no cited source in the bundle confirms active exploitation.
Researcher notes
The prompt evidence confirms product family, vulnerability class, attack vector, and impact, but not exact affected versions or fixed releases. Use the Cisco advisory as the authoritative source for version validation and remediation details.
Mitigation direction
- Review the Cisco advisory for affected releases and fixed software guidance.
- Upgrade or apply Cisco-recommended fixes where applicable.
- Treat filtering as bypassable until affected systems are remediated.
- Strengthen downstream controls that block malicious HTTP content independently.
- Monitor for unusual HTTP requests reaching protected systems.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Cisco FTD, FirePOWER Services for ASA, and FMC deployments.
- Check whether HTTP traffic filtering protections are enabled or relied upon.
- Compare deployed releases against the Cisco advisory's affected and fixed software tables.
- Confirm filtering behavior through authorized regression tests, avoiding exploit payload reproduction.
- Record compensating controls for downstream protected systems.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.8 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N3.91.4Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
5.8MediumVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- 20190816 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software HTTP Filtering Bypass VulnerabilityCVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO
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