CVE-2026-20011
Multiple Cisco Products Snort 3 SMTP MIME Denial of Service Vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.8 Medium
- Published
- Oct 21, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 22, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 8, 2025
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.8 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L | cisco |
Weaknesses
- CWE-805 Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Cisco Open Source Snort3Cisco |
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Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) SoftwareCisco |
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Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine SoftwareCisco |
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References
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