cisco-sa-snort3-misc-dos-6mB22qAK: Multiple Cisco Products Snort 3 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Published Oct 21, 2026
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Multiple Cisco products are affected by vulnerabilities in the Snort 3 Detection Engine that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to restart unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.Cisco has released software updates that address these vulnerabilities. There are no workarounds that address these vulnerabilities.This advisory is available at the following link:https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-snort3-misc-dos-6mB22qAKThis advisory is part of a group of advisories. For a complete list of the advisories and links to them, see Cisco Advance Notification for Publication of October 21, 2026, Security Advisories. In addition, for further documentation of improvements and fixes in Open Source Snort 3, see Multiple Cisco Products Snort 3 Security Hardening Release: October 2026.

Event History

Oct 21, 2026
Advisory Published
via Cisco·04:00 PM
Data Sourced
via Cisco·04:00 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What can an unauthenticated remote attacker do?

An unauthenticated remote attacker could cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to restart unexpectedly. This results in a denial-of-service condition.

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Is a software update available, and are there mitigations if it cannot be installed immediately?

Cisco has released software updates that address these vulnerabilities. The advisory states that no workarounds are available.

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