CVE-2026-20053Disclosure(cisco / cyber_vision)

LOWCVSS 5.8 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 2 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Snort 3 VBA feature that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to crash. This vulnerability is due to improper range checking when decompressing VBA data, which is user controlled. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted VBA data to the Snort 3 Detection Engine on the targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause an overflow of heap data, which could cause a DoS condition.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-122

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • cyber_vision
  • secure_firewall_threat_defense
  • snort
  • unified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine

Threat summary

  • 2 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 2 signals
  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • General: 1 classified signal
  • 2 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
cyber_visionsecure_firewall_threat_defensesnortunified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine

119 versions affected across 4 products

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 1d
01122Mentions · 2026-03-04: 2Technical Details · 2026-03-04: 203-04
Signal classification2 categories
Disclosure
150.0%
General
150.0%
Referenced assets2 URLs
Full discourse2 posts
  • Vulmon Vulnerability Feed@VulmonFeeds
    General

    CVE-2026-20053 Cisco Snort 3 VBA Decompression Vulnerability Enables Remote Denial of Service https://vulmon.com/vulnerabilitydetails?qid=CVE-2026-20053

    Post summary

    The post references CVE-2026-20053 with a generic description of a VBA decompression flaw causing DoS, but provides no details on patches, exploitation tools, or active use.

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  • CVE@CVEnew
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-20053 Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Snort 3 VBA feature that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-20053

    Post summary

    The text announces the CVE-2026-20053 vulnerability in Cisco Snort 3’s VBA feature, describing its unauthenticated remote exploitation potential but providing no PoC, exploit, or patch details.

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    56.6K followersView on X
CPE platform detail120 entries

120 of 120 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
Appciscocyber_vision3.0.0--
Appciscocyber_vision3.0.1--
Appciscocyber_vision3.0.2--
Appciscocyber_vision3.0.3--
Appciscocyber_vision3.0.4--
Appciscocyber_vision3.0.5--
Appciscocyber_vision3.0.6--
Appciscocyber_vision3.1.0--
Appciscocyber_vision3.1.1--
Appciscocyber_vision3.1.2--
Appciscocyber_vision3.2.0--
Appciscocyber_vision3.2.1--
Appciscocyber_vision3.2.2--
Appciscocyber_vision3.2.3--
Appciscocyber_vision3.2.4--
Appciscocyber_vision4.0.0--
Appciscocyber_vision4.0.1--
Appciscocyber_vision4.0.2--
Appciscocyber_vision4.0.3--
Appciscocyber_vision4.1.0--
Appciscocyber_vision4.1.1--
Appciscocyber_vision4.1.2--
Appciscocyber_vision4.1.3--
Appciscocyber_vision4.1.4--
Appciscocyber_vision4.1.5--
Appciscocyber_vision4.1.6--
Appciscocyber_vision4.1.7--
Appciscocyber_vision4.2.0--
Appciscocyber_vision4.2.1--
Appciscocyber_vision4.2.2--
Appciscocyber_vision4.2.3--
Appciscocyber_vision4.2.4--
Appciscocyber_vision4.2.6--
Appciscocyber_vision4.3.0--
Appciscocyber_vision4.3.1--
Appciscocyber_vision4.3.2--
Appciscocyber_vision4.3.3--
Appciscocyber_vision4.4.0--
Appciscocyber_vision4.4.1--
Appciscocyber_vision4.4.2--
Appciscocyber_vision4.4.3--
Appciscocyber_vision5.0.0--
Appciscocyber_vision5.0.1--
Appciscocyber_vision5.0.2--
Appciscocyber_vision5.1.0--
Appciscocyber_vision5.1.1--
Appciscocyber_vision5.1.2--
Appciscocyber_vision5.1.3--
Appciscocyber_vision5.2.0--
Appciscocyber_vision5.2.1--
Appciscocyber_vision5.3.0--
Appciscocyber_vision5.3.1--
Appciscocyber_vision5.3.2--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.2.0--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.2.0.1--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.2.1--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.2.10--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.2.10.2--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.2.2--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.2.3--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.2.4--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.2.4.1--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.2.5--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.2.5.1--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.2.5.2--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.2.6--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.2.7--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.2.8--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.2.8.1--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.2.9--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.3.0--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.3.1--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.3.1.1--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.3.1.2--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.4.0--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.4.1--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.4.1.1--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.4.2--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.4.2.1--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.4.2.2--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.4.2.3--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.4.2.4--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.4.3--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.6.0--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.6.1--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.6.2--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.6.2.1--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.7.0--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.7.10--
Appciscosecure_firewall_threat_defense7.7.10.1--
Appciscosnort---
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.12.1a--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.12.2--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.12.3--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.12.3a--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.12.4--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.12.4a--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.12.4b--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.12.5--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.12.5a--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.12.5b--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.12.5c--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.12.5d--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.12.6--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.13.1a--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.14.1a--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.15.1a--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.15.2a--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.15.2c--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.15.3--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.15.3a--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.15.4--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.15.4c--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.16.1a--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.17.1--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.18.1--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.18.1a--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.18.2--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.9.4--
OSciscounified_threat_defense_snort_intrusion_prevention_system_engine17.9.5e--

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