CVE-2026-20011
Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Snort 3 SMTP MIME Decoder that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to restart. This vulnerability is due to a lack of error checking when the MIME fields of the SMTP header are parsed. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted SMTP packets through an established connection to be parsed by Snort 3. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition when the Snort 3 Detection Engine unexpectedly restarts.
Published:Oct 21, 2026
Last Modified:Oct 24, 2026
EPS:Oct 21, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00416
CVSS Score:5.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Cisco Open Source Snort3
Cisco
Cisco Open Source Snort3
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (ftd) Software
Cisco
Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (ftd) Software
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Cisco Utd Snort Ips Engine Software
Cisco
Cisco Utd Snort Ips Engine Software
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Secure Firewall Threat Defense
Cisco
Secure Firewall Threat Defense
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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
Low
High
