PT-2026-120712 · Cisco · Snort 3

CVE-2026-76524

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Published

2026-10-21

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Updated

2026-10-21

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Open Source Snort 3 (affected versions not specified)
Description An issue exists in the control channel socket implementation where a lack of authentication allows an authenticated local attacker with low privileges to connect to the socket. This could enable the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as the Snort 3 process user and read or write to the process memory.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Missing Authentication

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-76524

Affected Products

Snort 3