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medium 5.8

CVE-2026-20011 json

Multiple Cisco Products Snort 3 SMTP MIME Denial of Service Vulnerability

published 2026-10-21 19 d ago modified 2026-10-22 17 d ago also EUVD-2026-107370

cvss
5.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
18 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected products

  • Cisco Cisco Open Source Snort3
  • Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software
  • Cisco Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-805 Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value

References

Sources

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