CVE-2026-20006

Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software and Cisco FirePOWER Services TLS with Snort 3 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Published Mar 4, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A vulnerability in the TLS cryptography functionality of the Snort 3 Detection Engine of Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to unexpectedly restart, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.

This vulnerability is due to improper implementation of the TLS protocol. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted TLS packet to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a device that is running Cisco Secure FTD Software to drop network traffic, resulting in a DoS condition.&nbsp;
Note: TLS 1.3 is not affected by this vulnerability.

Remediation

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History
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cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.2.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:7.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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First Time appeared Cisco
Cisco secure Firewall Threat Defense
Vendors & Products Cisco
Cisco secure Firewall Threat Defense
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description A vulnerability in the TLS cryptography functionality of the Snort 3 Detection Engine of Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to unexpectedly restart, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to improper implementation of the TLS protocol. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted TLS packet to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a device that is running Cisco Secure FTD Software to drop network traffic, resulting in a DoS condition.&nbsp; Note: TLS 1.3 is not affected by this vulnerability.
Title Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software and Cisco FirePOWER Services TLS with Snort 3 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-388
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
cisco
Published
Updated
Mar 4, 2026, 8:51 PM
Reserved
Oct 8, 2025, 11:59 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 4, 2026, 6:16 PM
Modified
Aug 20, 2026, 4:45 PM