CVE-2026-20218
MEDIUM
MEDIUM
Priority: 0.04
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
A vulnerability in the Snort 3 Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Decompression Engine of multiple Cisco products could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to restart unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to improper range checking when Snort 3 decompresses VBA data, which is user controlled. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted VBA data to the Snort 3 Detection Engine of a targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause an overflow of stack data, which could result in a DoS condition.