CVE-2026-20026 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-20026: Multiple Cisco Products Snort 3 DCERPC Vulnerabilities

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software
Weakness CWE-415
Published January 7, 2026
Last update February 12, 2026

CVSS base score

5.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the processing of DCE/RPC requests that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to leak sensitive information or to restart, resulting in an interruption of packet inspection. This vulnerability is due to an error in buffer handling logic when processing DCE/RPC requests, which can result in a buffer use-after-free read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large number of DCE/RPC requests through an established connection that is inspected by Snort 3. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to unexpectedly restart the Snort 3 Detection Engine, which could cause a denial of service (DoS).

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 7, 2026 CVE published
February 12, 2026 Record updated