CVE-2026-20019
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Denial of Service in Cisco Snort 3 NetFlow Detection Engine
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-20019, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-10-21
Last updated on: 2026-10-22
Assigner: Cisco Systems, Inc.
Description
Description
Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Snort 3 NetFlow 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 incomplete error checking when Snort 3 parses UDP Netflow Protocol packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a single crafted Netflow packet through an established connection to be parsed by Snort 3. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to restart unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition.
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Exploitability
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| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-835 | The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop. |
