CVE-2019-12701: Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center

Medium severity, CVSS 5.8. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability in the file and malware inspection feature of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the file and malware inspection policies on an affected system. The vulnerability exists because the affected software insufficiently validates incoming traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass the file and malware inspection policies and send malicious traffic through the affected device.

Affected products

• Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center: affected versions not specified
• Cisco Vdb Fingerprint Database: before 327 (fixed in 327)

Published 2019-10-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.