PT-2026-23020
CVE-2026-20057
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Published
2026-03-04
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Updated
2026-03-04
Description by
CVSS 3.1
5.8
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Cisco Snort 3 (affected versions not specified)
Description
A flaw exists in the Snort 3 Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) feature that could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to crash the Snort 3 Detection Engine. This is caused by insufficient error checking during VBA data decompression. An attacker could exploit this by sending specially crafted VBA data to the engine, leading to a denial of service (DoS) condition and unexpected restarts.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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