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 an error in the binder module initialization logic of the Snort Detection Engine. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending certain packets through an established connection that is parsed by Snort 3. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition when the Snort 3 Detection Engine restarts unexpectedly.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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References
Link Providers
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-snort3-multi-dos-XFWkWSwz cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0000

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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. This vulnerability is due to an error in the binder module initialization logic of the Snort Detection Engine. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending certain packets through an established connection that is parsed by Snort 3. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition when the Snort 3 Detection Engine restarts unexpectedly.
Title Multiple Cisco Products Snort 3 TBD Denial of Service Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-667
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2026-03-04T17:48:49.615Z

Updated: 2026-03-04T20:50:05.611Z

Reserved: 2025-10-08T11:59:15.357Z

Link: CVE-2026-20065

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-04T20:49:58.639Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-04T18:16:21.350

Modified: 2026-03-04T18:16:21.350

Link: CVE-2026-20065

cve-icon Redhat

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