CVE-2026-20054
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CVE-2026-20054 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.8/10 on the CVSS scale. Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Snort 3 VBA feature that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to crash. This vulnerability is due to improper error checking when decompressing VBA data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted VBA data to the Snort 3 Detection Engine on the targeted device. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Snort 3 VBA feature that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to crash. This vulnerability is due to improper error checking when decompressing VBA data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted VBA data to the Snort 3 Detection Engine on the targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to enter an infinite loop, causing a DoS condition.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Snort | >= 3.0.0-233, < 3.9.3.0 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 3.0.0 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 3.0.1 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 3.0.2 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 3.0.3 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 3.0.4 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 3.0.5 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 3.0.6 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 3.1.0 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 3.1.1 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 3.1.2 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 3.2.0 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 3.2.1 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 3.2.2 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 3.2.3 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 3.2.4 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 4.0.0 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 4.0.1 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 4.0.2 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 4.0.3 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 4.1.0 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 4.1.1 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 4.1.2 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 4.1.3 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 4.1.4 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 4.1.5 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 4.1.6 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 4.1.7 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 4.2.0 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 4.2.1 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 4.2.2 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 4.2.3 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 4.2.4 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 4.2.6 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 4.3.0 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 4.3.1 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 4.3.2 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 4.3.3 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 4.4.0 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 4.4.1 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 4.4.2 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 4.4.3 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 5.0.0 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 5.0.1 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 5.0.2 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 5.1.0 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 5.1.1 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 5.1.2 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 5.1.3 |
| Cisco | Cyber Vision | 5.2.0 |
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