CVE-2026-20221

Multiple Cisco Products Snort 3 Generic Routing Encapsulation Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Published Oct 21, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the generic routing encapsulation (GRE) tunnel decapsulation feature of the Snort 3 Detection Engine that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an unexpected restart of the Snort 3 Detection Engine.

This vulnerability is due to improper handling of nested GRE traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted GRE payload through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to trigger an unexpected reload of the Snort 3 Detection Engine, resulting in either a bypass or denial of service (DoS) condition, depending on device configuration. For more information, see the section of this advisory. The Snort 3 Detection Engine will restart automatically. No manual intervention is required.

Remediation

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History
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First Time appeared Cisco
Cisco cisco Open Source Snort3
Cisco cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (ftd) Software
Cisco cisco Utd Snort Ips Engine Software
Cisco cyber Vision
Cisco secure Firewall Threat Defense
Cisco umbrella Insights Virtual Appliance
Vendors & Products Cisco
Cisco cisco Open Source Snort3
Cisco cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (ftd) Software
Cisco cisco Utd Snort Ips Engine Software
Cisco cyber Vision
Cisco secure Firewall Threat Defense
Cisco umbrella Insights Virtual Appliance
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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 generic routing encapsulation (GRE) tunnel decapsulation feature of the Snort 3 Detection Engine that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an unexpected restart of the Snort 3 Detection Engine. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of nested GRE traffic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted GRE payload through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to trigger an unexpected reload of the Snort 3 Detection Engine, resulting in either a bypass or denial of service (DoS) condition, depending on device configuration. For more information, see the section of this advisory. The Snort 3 Detection Engine will restart automatically. No manual intervention is required.
Title Multiple Cisco Products Snort 3 Generic Routing Encapsulation Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Weaknesses CWE-476
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'}