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CVE-2026-20005

CVE-2026-20005 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.800000190734863 MEDIUM

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 parsing of the SSL handshake ingress packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted SSL handshake packets. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition when the Snort 3 Detection Engine restarts unexpectedly.

EPSS 0.03% · 9.3th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
5.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS Score
0.03%
9.3th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
CiscoCisco Cyber Vision5.1.1, 5.2.1, 5.3.1
CiscoCisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software7.6.1, 7.6.2, 7.6.2.1
CiscoCisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software17.6.2, 17.15.3, *

Exploit Intelligence

Timeline

  • Oct 8, 2025 CVE ID Reserved
  • Mar 4, 2026 CVE Published
  • Mar 4, 2026 CVE Updated
  • Mar 5, 2026 EPSS Score
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