CVE-2026-20066

Multiple Cisco Products Snort 3 TBD Denial of Service Vulnerability

Published Mar 4, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Snort 3 Detection Engine that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to restart, resulting in an interruption of packet inspection.

This vulnerability is due to an error in the JSTokenizer normalization logic when the HTTP inspection normalizes JavaScript. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP packets through an established connection that is parsed by Snort 3. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition when the Snort 3 Detection Engine restarts unexpectedly. JSTokenizer is not enabled by default.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Cisco snort
Cisco unified Threat Defense Snort Intrusion Prevention System Engine
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Vendors & Products Cisco snort
Cisco unified Threat Defense Snort Intrusion Prevention System Engine
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Cisco
Cisco cisco Utd Snort Ips Engine Software
Cisco secure Firewall Threat Defense
Vendors & Products Cisco
Cisco cisco Utd Snort Ips Engine Software
Cisco secure Firewall Threat Defense
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Snort 3 Detection Engine that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to restart, resulting in an interruption of packet inspection. This vulnerability is due to an error in the JSTokenizer normalization logic when the HTTP inspection normalizes JavaScript. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP packets through an established connection that is parsed by Snort 3. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition when the Snort 3 Detection Engine restarts unexpectedly. JSTokenizer is not enabled by default.
Title Multiple Cisco Products Snort 3 TBD Denial of Service Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-400
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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
cisco
Published
Updated
Mar 4, 2026, 8:46 PM
Reserved
Oct 8, 2025, 11:59 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 4, 2026, 6:16 PM
Modified
Aug 19, 2026, 8:33 PM