CVE-2026-20011
Multiple Cisco Products Snort 3 SMTP MIME Denial of Service Vulnerability
MEDIUM 5.8
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.53 % · percentile 45 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- cisco
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
Description
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L | cisco |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L | NVD · psirt@cisco.com (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-107370
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-20011
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Cisco · Cisco Open Source Snort3 | affected 3.1.2.0 ; affected 3.1.3.0 ; affected 3.1.4.0 ; affected 3.1.5.0 ; affected 3.1.6.0 ; affected 3.1.7.0 |
| Cisco · Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software | affected 7.0.0 ; affected 7.0.0.1 ; affected 7.0.1 ; affected 7.0.1.1 ; affected 7.0.2 ; affected 7.2.0 |
| Cisco · Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software | affected 3.17.1S ; affected 16.12.3 ; affected Fuji-16.9.5 ; affected 16.12.4 ; affected 17.3.1a ; affected 16.6.6 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |