Vulnerability · Published Oct 21, 2026 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2026-76524Open Source Snort 3 Control Channel Socket Aribitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity missing authentication in Cisco Open Source Snort3 from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability in the control channel socket implementation of Open Source Snort 3 could allow an authenticated, local attacker with low privileges to execute arbitrary commands as the Snort 3 process user. This vulnerability is due to a lack of authentication when a local user connects to the Snort control channel socket. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the Snort 3 control channel socket as a local user. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as well as read and write Snort 3 process memory.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Open Source Snort3 | 3.12.2.03.1.2.03.1.3.03.1.4.03.1.5.03.1.6.03.1.7.03.1.8.0 |
Weakness: CWE-306 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H