CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-20246

MediumCVSS 5.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.56%

44th percentile - higher than 44% of all known CVEs

Summary

Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in Snort access control policies that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured policies. This is due to a logic error when access control policies are populated. An attacker could exploit this by establishing a connection, potentially bypassing access control rules.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes potential bypass of access control rules, which could allow unauthorized traffic and compromise network security.

Recommendation

Apply the latest software updates from Cisco for all affected products and monitor Cisco security advisories.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in Snort access control policies that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the configured policies on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to a logic error that occurs when the access control policies are being populated. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by establishing a connection to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass configured access control rules on the affected system.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS