CVE-2026-20058
Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software Snort 3 Visual Basic for Application Denial of Service Vulnerability
Severity
Medium 5.8
CVSS 3.1
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.004
33.0th percentile
Discovered by
Vendor
Vendor-published field
Published
Mar 4, 2026
Assigned by cisco
Description
Multiple Cisco products are affected by vulnerabilities in the Snort 3 VBA feature that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to crash. These vulnerabilities are due to improper error checking when decompressing VBA data. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending 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 DoS condition.
Weakness: CWE-786
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Category | Matched by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Firewall | Firewall / NGFW | cna-assigner |
| Cisco | Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine | Threat Detection & Sandbox | cna-assigner |
Vendor-reported products (2)
- Cisco · Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software
- Cisco · Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software