Resource exhaustion in multiple Cisco products running Snort 3
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
Cisco Cyber Vision, Cisco Open Source Snort3, Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software and Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software are affected. Uncontrolled resource consumption (CWE-400) found in an internal security review lets an unauthenticated remote attacker exhaust resources and disrupt service, without user interaction.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco owned Open Source Snort 3 Software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in software hardening releases that address multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-20356 are related to issues concerning uncontrolled resource consumption that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Base CWE-400.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Cyber Vision | 3.0.0; 3.0.2; 3.0.3; 3.0.1; 3.1.0; 3.0.4; 3.1.1; 3.1.2; 3.2.0; 3.0.5; 3.2.1; 3.0.6; 3.2.2; 3.2.3; 3.2.4; 4.0.0; 4.0.1; 4.0.2; 4.0.3; 4.1.0; 4.1.1; 4.1.2; 4.1.3; 4.1.4; 4.2.0; 4.2.1; 4.1.5; 4.2.2; 4.2.X; 4.2.3; 4.2.4; 4.2.6; 4.1.6; 4.3.0; 4.3.1; 4.3.2; 4.3.3; 4.4.0; 4.4.1; 4.4.2; 4.4.3; 4.1.7; 5.0.0; 5.0.1; 5.0.2; 5.1.0; 5.1.1; 5.1.2; 5.1.3; 5.2.0; 5.2.1; 5.3.0; 5.3.1; 5.3.2; 5.3.3; 5.5.1; 5.6.1; 5.4.0; 5.4.1; 5.4.2; 5.7.0; 5.8.1; 5.7.1; 5.8.0; 5.5.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Cisco | Cisco Open Source Snort3 | 3.12.2.0; 3.1.2.0; 3.1.3.0; 3.1.4.0; 3.1.5.0; 3.1.6.0; 3.1.7.0; 3.1.8.0; 3.1.9.0; 3.1.10.0; 3.1.12.0; 3.1.13.0; 3.1.14.0; 3.1.15.0; 3.1.16.0; 3.1.17.0; 3.1.18.0; 3.1.19.0; 3.1.20.0; 3.1.21.0; 3.1.22.0; 3.1.23.0; 3.1.24.0; 3.1.25.0; 3.1.27.0; 3.1.28.0; 3.1.29.0; 3.1.30.0; 3.1.31.0; 3.1.32.0; 3.1.36.0; 3.1.38.0; 3.1.39.0; 3.1.40.0; 3.1.41.0; 3.1.42.0; 3.1.43.0; 3.1.45.0; 3.1.47.0; 3.1.48.0; 3.1.50.0; 3.1.51.0; 3.1.52.0; 3.1.53.0; 3.1.55.0; 3.1.56.0; 3.1.57.0; 3.1.58.0; 3.1.59.0; 3.1.60.0; 3.1.61.0; 3.1.62.0; 3.1.63.0; 3.1.64.0; 3.1.65.0; 3.1.66.0; 3.1.67.0; 3.1.69.0; 3.1.70.0; 3.1.71.0; 3.1.72.0; 3.1.73.0; 3.1.74.0; 3.1.75.0; 3.1.76.0; 3.1.77.0; 3.1.78.0; 3.1.81.0; 3.1.82.0; 3.1.83.0; 3.1.84.0; 3.2.1.0; 3.2.2.0; 3.3.0.0; 3.3.1.0; 3.3.2.0; 3.3.3.0; 3.3.4.0; 3.3.5.0; 3.3.7.0; 3.5.0.0; 3.5.1.0; 3.8.1.0; 3.6.0.0; 3.6.2.0; 3.9.3.0; 3.7.2.0; 3.7.0.0; 3.9.6.0; 3.10.0.0; 3.10.2.0; 3.7.4.0; 3.9.0.0; 3.5.2.0; 3.12.1.0; 3.6.1.0; 3.9.2.0; 3.6.3.0; 3.9.5.0; 3.7.1.0; 3.9.7.0; 3.7.3.0; 3.10.1.0; 3.9.1.0; 3.11.1.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software | 7.0.0; 7.0.0.1; 7.0.1; 7.0.1.1; 7.0.2; 7.2.0; 7.0.2.1; 7.0.3; 7.2.0.1; 7.0.4; 7.2.1; 7.0.5; 7.3.0; 7.2.2; 7.2.3; 7.3.1; 7.2.4; 7.0.6; 7.2.5; 7.2.4.1; 7.3.1.1; 7.4.0; 7.0.6.1; 7.2.5.1; 7.4.1; 7.2.6; 7.0.6.2; 7.4.1.1; 7.2.7; 7.2.5.2; 7.3.1.2; 7.2.8; 7.6.0; 7.4.2; 7.2.8.1; 7.0.6.3; 7.4.2.1; 7.2.9; 7.0.7; 7.7.0; 7.4.2.2; 7.2.10; 7.6.1; 7.4.2.3; 7.0.8; 7.6.2; 7.7.10; 7.7.11; 7.0.8.1; 7.6.2.1; 7.7.10.1; 7.4.2.4; 7.2.10.2; 7.4.3; 7.6.4; 10.0.0; 7.4.4; 7.0.9; 7.2.11; 7.4.7 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Cisco | Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software | 17.12.1a; 17.12.2; 17.13.1a; 17.12.3; 17.14.1a; 17.12.4; 17.12.3a; 17.15.1a; 17.16.1a; 17.12.4a; 17.15.2c; 17.12.4b; 17.15.2a; 17.12.5; 17.17.1; 17.12.5a; 17.15.3a; 17.15.3; 17.12.5b; 17.12.5c; 17.15.4; 17.18.1; 17.18.1a; 17.12.6; 17.15.4c; 17.12.5d; 17.18.2; 26.1.1; 17.15.5; 17.15.5a; 17.12.7; 17.12.7a; 17.12.7b; 17.18.3a; 17.12.8; 17.15.6; 17.18.4; 26.1.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Cisco Cyber Vision VendorCisco Affected 3.0.0; 3.0.2; 3.0.3; 3.0.1; 3.1.0; 3.0.4; 3.1.1; 3.1.2; 3.2.0; 3.0.5; 3.2.1; 3.0.6; 3.2.2; 3.2.3; 3.2.4; 4.0.0; 4.0.1; 4.0.2; 4.0.3; 4.1.0; 4.1.1; 4.1.2; 4.1.3; 4.1.4; 4.2.0; 4.2.1; 4.1.5; 4.2.2; 4.2.X; 4.2.3; 4.2.4; 4.2.6; 4.1.6; 4.3.0; 4.3.1; 4.3.2; 4.3.3; 4.4.0; 4.4.1; 4.4.2; 4.4.3; 4.1.7; 5.0.0; 5.0.1; 5.0.2; 5.1.0; 5.1.1; 5.1.2; 5.1.3; 5.2.0; 5.2.1; 5.3.0; 5.3.1; 5.3.2; 5.3.3; 5.5.1; 5.6.1; 5.4.0; 5.4.1; 5.4.2; 5.7.0; 5.8.1; 5.7.1; 5.8.0; 5.5.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Cisco Open Source Snort3 VendorCisco Affected 3.12.2.0; 3.1.2.0; 3.1.3.0; 3.1.4.0; 3.1.5.0; 3.1.6.0; 3.1.7.0; 3.1.8.0; 3.1.9.0; 3.1.10.0; 3.1.12.0; 3.1.13.0; 3.1.14.0; 3.1.15.0; 3.1.16.0; 3.1.17.0; 3.1.18.0; 3.1.19.0; 3.1.20.0; 3.1.21.0; 3.1.22.0; 3.1.23.0; 3.1.24.0; 3.1.25.0; 3.1.27.0; 3.1.28.0; 3.1.29.0; 3.1.30.0; 3.1.31.0; 3.1.32.0; 3.1.36.0; 3.1.38.0; 3.1.39.0; 3.1.40.0; 3.1.41.0; 3.1.42.0; 3.1.43.0; 3.1.45.0; 3.1.47.0; 3.1.48.0; 3.1.50.0; 3.1.51.0; 3.1.52.0; 3.1.53.0; 3.1.55.0; 3.1.56.0; 3.1.57.0; 3.1.58.0; 3.1.59.0; 3.1.60.0; 3.1.61.0; 3.1.62.0; 3.1.63.0; 3.1.64.0; 3.1.65.0; 3.1.66.0; 3.1.67.0; 3.1.69.0; 3.1.70.0; 3.1.71.0; 3.1.72.0; 3.1.73.0; 3.1.74.0; 3.1.75.0; 3.1.76.0; 3.1.77.0; 3.1.78.0; 3.1.81.0; 3.1.82.0; 3.1.83.0; 3.1.84.0; 3.2.1.0; 3.2.2.0; 3.3.0.0; 3.3.1.0; 3.3.2.0; 3.3.3.0; 3.3.4.0; 3.3.5.0; 3.3.7.0; 3.5.0.0; 3.5.1.0; 3.8.1.0; 3.6.0.0; 3.6.2.0; 3.9.3.0; 3.7.2.0; 3.7.0.0; 3.9.6.0; 3.10.0.0; 3.10.2.0; 3.7.4.0; 3.9.0.0; 3.5.2.0; 3.12.1.0; 3.6.1.0; 3.9.2.0; 3.6.3.0; 3.9.5.0; 3.7.1.0; 3.9.7.0; 3.7.3.0; 3.10.1.0; 3.9.1.0; 3.11.1.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software VendorCisco Affected 7.0.0; 7.0.0.1; 7.0.1; 7.0.1.1; 7.0.2; 7.2.0; 7.0.2.1; 7.0.3; 7.2.0.1; 7.0.4; 7.2.1; 7.0.5; 7.3.0; 7.2.2; 7.2.3; 7.3.1; 7.2.4; 7.0.6; 7.2.5; 7.2.4.1; 7.3.1.1; 7.4.0; 7.0.6.1; 7.2.5.1; 7.4.1; 7.2.6; 7.0.6.2; 7.4.1.1; 7.2.7; 7.2.5.2; 7.3.1.2; 7.2.8; 7.6.0; 7.4.2; 7.2.8.1; 7.0.6.3; 7.4.2.1; 7.2.9; 7.0.7; 7.7.0; 7.4.2.2; 7.2.10; 7.6.1; 7.4.2.3; 7.0.8; 7.6.2; 7.7.10; 7.7.11; 7.0.8.1; 7.6.2.1; 7.7.10.1; 7.4.2.4; 7.2.10.2; 7.4.3; 7.6.4; 10.0.0; 7.4.4; 7.0.9; 7.2.11; 7.4.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software VendorCisco Affected 17.12.1a; 17.12.2; 17.13.1a; 17.12.3; 17.14.1a; 17.12.4; 17.12.3a; 17.15.1a; 17.16.1a; 17.12.4a; 17.15.2c; 17.12.4b; 17.15.2a; 17.12.5; 17.17.1; 17.12.5a; 17.15.3a; 17.15.3; 17.12.5b; 17.12.5c; 17.15.4; 17.18.1; 17.18.1a; 17.12.6; 17.15.4c; 17.12.5d; 17.18.2; 26.1.1; 17.15.5; 17.15.5a; 17.12.7; 17.12.7a; 17.12.7b; 17.18.3a; 17.12.8; 17.15.6; 17.18.4; 26.1.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Cisco Cyber Vision, Cisco Open Source Snort3, Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software or Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-21 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-20356
- 2026-10-21 Alias added: GHSA-6f29-xvj6-835h
- 2026-10-22 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-22 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
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Sources
- CVE-2026-20356 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-20356 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6f29-xvj6-835h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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