CVE-2026-20005
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 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.
Published:Mar 4, 2026
Last Modified:Sep 1, 2026
EPS:Mar 4, 2026
EPSS Score:0.0049
CVSS Score:5.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Cisco Utd Snort Ips Engine Software
Cisco
Cisco Utd Snort Ips Engine Software
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Cyber Vision
Cisco
Cyber Vision
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Meraki Mx100
Cisco
Meraki Mx100
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Meraki Mx105
Cisco
Meraki Mx105
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Meraki Mx250
Cisco
Meraki Mx250
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Meraki Mx400
Cisco
Meraki Mx400
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Meraki Mx450
Cisco
Meraki Mx450
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Meraki Mx600
Cisco
Meraki Mx600
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Meraki Mx64
Cisco
Meraki Mx64
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Meraki Mx64w
Cisco
Meraki Mx64w
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Meraki Mx65
Cisco
Meraki Mx65
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Meraki Mx65w
Cisco
Meraki Mx65w
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Meraki Mx67
Cisco
Meraki Mx67
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Meraki Mx67c
Cisco
Meraki Mx67c
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Meraki Mx67w
Cisco
Meraki Mx67w
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Meraki Mx68
Cisco
Meraki Mx68
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Meraki Mx68cw
Cisco
Meraki Mx68cw
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Meraki Mx75
Cisco
Meraki Mx75
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Meraki Mx84
Cisco
Meraki Mx84
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Meraki Mx85
Cisco
Meraki Mx85
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Meraki Mx95
Cisco
Meraki Mx95
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Secure Firewall Threat Defense
Cisco
Secure Firewall Threat Defense
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Snort
Cisco
Snort
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Unified Threat Defense Snort Intrusion Prevention System Engine
Cisco
Unified Threat Defense Snort Intrusion Prevention System Engine
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
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