Vulnerability · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2026-20058Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software Snort 3 Visual Basic for Application Denial of Service Vulnerability

Medium 5.8

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 60.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Multiple Cisco products are affected by vulnerabilities in the Snort 3 VBA feature that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to crash. These vulnerabilities are due to improper error checking when decompressing VBA data. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending crafted VBA data to the Snort 3 Detection Engine on the targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to unexpectedly restart, causing a DoS condition.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2.07.2.0.17.2.17.3.07.2.27.2.37.3.17.2.4
Cisco Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.9.3a17.12.1a17.12.217.13.1a17.9.5a17.12.317.14.1a17.12.4

Weakness: CWE-786 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

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