CVE-2014-8023 — Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.2(.3) and earlier, when challenge-response authentication is used, does not properly select tunnel groups, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended resource-access restrictions via a crafted tunnel-group parameter, aka Bug ID CSCtz48533

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Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.2(.3) and earlier, when challenge-response authentication is used, does not properly select tunnel groups, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended resource-access restrictions via a crafted tunnel-group parameter, aka Bug ID CSCtz48533

Published Feb 17, 2015

4.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.78%

Description

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software 9.2(.3) and earlier, when challenge-response authentication is used, does not properly select tunnel groups, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended resource-access restrictions via a crafted tunnel-group parameter, aka Bug ID CSCtz48533.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.78% 0.01782

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01782

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.78% (0.01782)	77.46th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.78% (0.01782)	75.31th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.43% (0.00427)	60.21th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.17% (0.00169)	55.13th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 10, 2024	0.17% (0.00169)	54.08th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.17% (0.00169)	52.02th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.13% (0.01132)	56.11th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 22, 2022	1.13% (0.01132)	54.59th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.13% (0.01132)	52.58th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.13% (0.01132)	30.65th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (5)

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-8023
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=37489
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72618
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031755
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100922
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-8023		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=37489		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72618		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031755		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100922		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner cisco

Published Feb 17, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Oct 8, 2014

Link CVE-2014-8023

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-8023

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-8023