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-2026-20291 are related to issues concerning improper privilege management that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Base CWE-269.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00121.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Cisco Cisco Cyber Vision unknown
Version Status Constraints
3.0.0 affected —
3.0.2 affected —
3.0.3 affected —
3.0.1 affected —
3.1.0 affected —
3.0.4 affected —
3.1.1 affected —
3.1.2 affected —
3.2.0 affected —
3.0.5 affected —
3.2.1 affected —
3.0.6 affected —
3.2.2 affected —
3.2.3 affected —
3.2.4 affected —
4.0.0 affected —
4.0.1 affected —
4.0.2 affected —
4.0.3 affected —
4.1.0 affected —
4.1.1 affected —
4.1.2 affected —
4.1.3 affected —
4.1.4 affected —
4.2.0 affected —
4.2.1 affected —
4.1.5 affected —
4.2.2 affected —
4.2.X affected —
4.2.3 affected —
4.2.4 affected —
4.2.6 affected —
4.1.6 affected —
4.3.0 affected —
4.3.1 affected —
4.3.2 affected —
4.3.3 affected —
4.4.0 affected —
4.4.1 affected —
4.4.2 affected —
4.4.3 affected —
4.1.7 affected —
5.0.0 affected —
5.0.1 affected —
5.0.2 affected —
5.1.0 affected —
5.1.1 affected —
5.1.2 affected —
5.1.3 affected —
5.2.0 affected —
5.2.1 affected —
5.3.0 affected —
5.3.1 affected —
5.3.2 affected —
5.3.3 affected —
5.5.1 affected —
5.6.1 affected —
5.4.0 affected —
5.4.1 affected —
5.4.2 affected —
5.7.0 affected —
5.8.1 affected —
5.7.1 affected —
5.8.0 affected —
5.5.2 affected —
Cisco Cisco Open Source Snort3 unknown
Version Status Constraints
3.12.2.0 affected —
3.1.2.0 affected —
3.1.3.0 affected —
3.1.4.0 affected —
3.1.5.0 affected —
3.1.6.0 affected —
3.1.7.0 affected —
3.1.8.0 affected —
3.1.9.0 affected —
3.1.10.0 affected —
3.1.12.0 affected —
3.1.13.0 affected —
3.1.14.0 affected —
3.1.15.0 affected —
3.1.16.0 affected —
3.1.17.0 affected —
3.1.18.0 affected —
3.1.19.0 affected —
3.1.20.0 affected —
3.1.21.0 affected —
3.1.22.0 affected —
3.1.23.0 affected —
3.1.24.0 affected —
3.1.25.0 affected —
3.1.27.0 affected —
3.1.28.0 affected —
3.1.29.0 affected —
3.1.30.0 affected —
3.1.31.0 affected —
3.1.32.0 affected —
3.1.36.0 affected —
3.1.38.0 affected —
3.1.39.0 affected —
3.1.40.0 affected —
3.1.41.0 affected —
3.1.42.0 affected —
3.1.43.0 affected —
3.1.45.0 affected —
3.1.47.0 affected —
3.1.48.0 affected —
3.1.50.0 affected —
3.1.51.0 affected —
3.1.52.0 affected —
3.1.53.0 affected —
3.1.55.0 affected —
3.1.56.0 affected —
3.1.57.0 affected —
3.1.58.0 affected —
3.1.59.0 affected —
3.1.60.0 affected —
3.1.61.0 affected —
3.1.62.0 affected —
3.1.63.0 affected —
3.1.64.0 affected —
3.1.65.0 affected —
3.1.66.0 affected —
3.1.67.0 affected —
3.1.69.0 affected —
3.1.70.0 affected —
3.1.71.0 affected —
3.1.72.0 affected —
3.1.73.0 affected —
3.1.74.0 affected —
3.1.75.0 affected —
3.1.76.0 affected —
3.1.77.0 affected —
3.1.78.0 affected —
3.1.81.0 affected —
3.1.82.0 affected —
3.1.83.0 affected —
3.1.84.0 affected —
3.2.1.0 affected —
3.2.2.0 affected —
3.3.0.0 affected —
3.3.1.0 affected —
3.3.2.0 affected —
3.3.3.0 affected —
3.3.4.0 affected —
3.3.5.0 affected —
3.3.7.0 affected —
3.5.0.0 affected —
3.5.1.0 affected —
3.8.1.0 affected —
3.6.0.0 affected —
3.6.2.0 affected —
3.9.3.0 affected —
3.7.2.0 affected —
3.7.0.0 affected —
3.9.6.0 affected —
3.10.0.0 affected —
3.10.2.0 affected —
3.7.4.0 affected —
3.9.0.0 affected —
3.5.2.0 affected —
3.12.1.0 affected —
3.6.1.0 affected —
3.9.2.0 affected —
3.6.3.0 affected —
3.9.5.0 affected —
3.7.1.0 affected —
3.9.7.0 affected —
3.7.3.0 affected —
3.10.1.0 affected —
3.9.1.0 affected —
3.11.1.0 affected —
Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software unknown
Version Status Constraints
7.0.0 affected —
7.0.0.1 affected —
7.0.1 affected —
7.0.1.1 affected —
7.0.2 affected —
7.2.0 affected —
7.0.2.1 affected —
7.0.3 affected —
7.2.0.1 affected —
7.0.4 affected —
7.2.1 affected —
7.0.5 affected —
7.3.0 affected —
7.2.2 affected —
7.2.3 affected —
7.3.1 affected —
7.2.4 affected —
7.0.6 affected —
7.2.5 affected —
7.2.4.1 affected —
7.3.1.1 affected —
7.4.0 affected —
7.0.6.1 affected —
7.2.5.1 affected —
7.4.1 affected —
7.2.6 affected —
7.0.6.2 affected —
7.4.1.1 affected —
7.2.7 affected —
7.2.5.2 affected —
7.3.1.2 affected —
7.2.8 affected —
7.6.0 affected —
7.4.2 affected —
7.2.8.1 affected —
7.0.6.3 affected —
7.4.2.1 affected —
7.2.9 affected —
7.0.7 affected —
7.7.0 affected —
7.4.2.2 affected —
7.2.10 affected —
7.6.1 affected —
7.4.2.3 affected —
7.0.8 affected —
7.6.2 affected —
7.7.10 affected —
7.7.11 affected —
7.0.8.1 affected —
7.6.2.1 affected —
7.7.10.1 affected —
7.4.2.4 affected —
7.2.10.2 affected —
7.4.3 affected —
7.6.4 affected —
10.0.0 affected —
7.4.4 affected —
7.0.9 affected —
7.2.11 affected —
7.4.7 affected —
Cisco Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software unknown
Version Status Constraints
17.12.1a affected —
17.12.2 affected —
17.13.1a affected —
17.12.3 affected —
17.14.1a affected —
17.12.4 affected —
17.12.3a affected —
17.15.1a affected —
17.16.1a affected —
17.12.4a affected —
17.15.2c affected —
17.12.4b affected —
17.15.2a affected —
17.12.5 affected —
17.17.1 affected —
17.12.5a affected —
17.15.3a affected —
17.15.3 affected —
17.12.5b affected —
17.12.5c affected —
17.15.4 affected —
17.18.1 affected —
17.18.1a affected —
17.12.6 affected —
17.15.4c affected —
17.12.5d affected —
17.18.2 affected —
26.1.1 affected —
17.15.5 affected —
17.15.5a affected —
17.12.7 affected —
17.12.7a affected —
17.12.7b affected —
17.18.3a affected —
17.12.8 affected —
17.15.6 affected —
17.18.4 affected —
26.1.2 affected —

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Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
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History

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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
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

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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-2026-20291 are related to issues concerning improper privilege management that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Base CWE-269.
Title Multiple Cisco Products Snort 3 Software Hardening Release: October 2026
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-22T23:04:46.063Z

Reserved: 2025-10-08T11:59:15.405Z

Link: CVE-2026-20291

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-22T13:36:59.445Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-21T17:18:28.473

Modified: 2026-10-22T23:18:31.427

Link: CVE-2026-20291

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-22T14:57:22Z

Weaknesses