CISA has released Emergency Cisco Directive 25-03 Implementation Guidance to assist federal agencies in addressing critical vulnerabilities in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) and Firepower devices.
Emergency Directive 25-03: Identify and Mitigate Potential Compromise of Cisco Devices, issued on Sept. 25, identified known vulnerabilities CVE-2025-20333 and CVE-2025-20362, and mandated immediate action to mitigate risks. Threat actors continue to target these devices, posing significant risk to all organizations. The implementation guidance provides information on the minimum software versions that address these vulnerabilities and direct federal agencies to conduct corrective patching measures on devices that are not compliant with these requirements.
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Source: U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
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