CVE-2026-20054
MEDIUMCisco Snort 3 - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via VBA Decompression
Title source: llmDescription
Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Snort 3 VBA feature that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to crash. This vulnerability is due to improper error checking when decompressing VBA data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted VBA data to the Snort 3 Detection Engine on the targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to enter an infinite loop, causing a DoS condition.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.8
EPSS
0.0043
EPSS Percentile
34.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-835
Status
published
Published
Mar 04, 2026
Tracked Since
Mar 05, 2026