CVE-2026-20006 — Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software vulnerability
Severity
5.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 66.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 4
Description
A vulnerability in the TLS cryptography functionality of the Snort 3 Detection Engine of Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to unexpectedly restart, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.
This vulnerability is due to improper implementation of the TLS protocol. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted TLS packet to an affected system. A successful exploit co…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:LExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 1.4
Affected Packages1 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
2CVEList▶
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software and Cisco FirePOWER Services TLS with Snort 3 Denial of Service Vulnerability↗2026-03-04
GHSA▶
GHSA-mh5f-h37q-2qm8: A vulnerability in the TLS cryptography functionality of the Snort 3 Detection Engine of Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software could all↗2026-03-04
📋Vendor Advisories
1Cisco▶
Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software TLS with Snort 3 Detection Engine Denial of Service Vulnerability↗2026-03-04