# CVE-2024-20431

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2024-20431
- **Severity:** MEDIUM
- **CVSS Score:** 5.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N)
- **CWE:** CWE-229
- **Published:** Oct 23, 2024
- **Last Modified:** Mar 13, 2026

## Description

A vulnerability in the geolocation access control feature of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass an access control policy.

 This vulnerability is due to improper assignment of geolocation data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending traffic through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass a geolocation-based access control policy and successfully send traffic to a protected device.

## Affected Products

- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.0.0)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.0.0.1)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.0.1)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.0.1.1)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.0.2)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.0.2.1)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.0.3)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.0.4)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.0.5)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.0.6)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.0.6.1)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.1.0)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.1.0.1)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.1.0.2)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.1.0.3)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.2.0)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.2.0.1)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.2.1)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.2.2)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.2.3)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.2.4)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.2.4.1)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.2.5)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.2.5.1)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.2.5.2)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.3.0)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.3.1)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.3.1.1)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.3.1.2)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.4.0)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.4.1)
- Cisco — Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software (7.4.1.1)

## References

- [CNA](https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftd-geoip-bypass-MB4zRDu)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.40%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 33.0

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-11._