CVE-2026-20179
MEDIUM
MEDIUM
Priority: 0.03
BB Relevance:
72/100
Published: 2026-10-21
Modified: 2026-10-22
First seen: 2026-10-29
Status: active
Attack Surface
Network
Low Complexity
No Auth
No Interaction
Scope Change
CVSS Vector Breakdown
AV:
Network
AC:
Low
PR:
None
UI:
None
S:
Changed
C:
None
I:
None
A:
Low
Description
Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Snort 3 Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) 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 error checking when Snort 3 parses GRE packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted GRE packet to a targeted device to be parsed by Snort. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to restart unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition.