CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-20067

MediumCVSS 5.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.48%

39th percentile - higher than 39% of all known CVEs

Summary

Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Snort 3 detection engine that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to restart, resulting in an interruption of packet inspection. This vulnerability is due to incomplete error checking when parsing the Multicast DNS fields of the HTTP header. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP packets through an established connection to be parsed by Snort 3. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition when the Snort 3 Detection Engine unexpectedly restarts.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes interruptions in packet inspection, which may lead to unavailability of network protection and potential security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Snort 3 to a patched version and monitor systems for unexpected detection engine restarts.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Snort 3 detection engine that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to restart, resulting in an interruption of packet inspection.  This vulnerability is due to incomplete error checking when parsing the Multicast DNS fields of the HTTP header. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP packets through an established connection to be parsed by Snort 3. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition when the Snort 3 Detection Engine unexpectedly restarts.

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