Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance and Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software IKEv2 Certificate Authentication Denial of Service Vulnerability
Cisco patched an ASA/FTD IKEv2 certificate authentication flaw letting unauthenticated remote attackers crash the IKEv2 process and reload devices with crafted certificates.
A logic error during the certificate authentication phase of IKEv2 connection setup in Cisco Secure Firewall ASA and FTD Software allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to crash the IKEv2 process. Exploitation involves attempting to establish an IKEv2 VPN connection with a crafted certificate, causing a denial of service through an unexpected device reload. Cisco has released software updates.
Security Incident – BGP Hijacking
Attackers BGP-hijacked Softaculous' Hetzner IP block for 33 hours, obtained valid TLS certificates, and delivered a malicious Virtualizor update to some servers.
Between August 28 and 30, 2026, AS62390 (NexonHost) announced 162.55.80.0/24 via transit AS6204 (Zet.net) without authorization, diverting traffic while retaining Hetzner's AS24940 on the AS path. The attacker obtained valid Let's Encrypt certificates for virtualizor.com domains because the CA's domain validation was also routed through the hijack, so affected connections showed no TLS warnings. A malicious Virtualizor update package reached a handful of installations; routing was fully restored, and reconstruction from RIPE RIS data showed all 368 collector peers carried the hijacked route at some point with roughly 28% time-weighted diversion.