Cisco on Wednesday disclosed that it became aware of a new attack variant that's designed to target devices running Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software releases that are susceptible to CVE-2025-20333 and CVE-2025-20362 .

"This attack can cause unpatched devices to unexpectedly reload, leading to denial-of-service (DoS) conditions," the company said in an updated advisory, urging customers to apply the updates as soon as possible.

Both vulnerabilities were disclosed in late September 2025, but not before they were exploited as zero-day vulnerabilities in attacks delivering malware such as RayInitiator and LINE VIPER , according to the U.K. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).

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