CVE-2026-20005
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
04/03/2026
Last modified:
04/03/2026
Description
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.<br />
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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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.80
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM



