CVE-2026-20057

MEDIUM

Cisco Snort 3 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Snort 3 Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) feature which could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to crash.    This vulnerability is due to lack of proper error checking when decompressing VBA data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a 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 unexpectedly restart causing a a denial of service (DoS) condition.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.8
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 31.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

Classification

CWE
CWE-369
Status draft

Timeline

Published Mar 04, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 05, 2026