CVE-2026-76524

highpriority · track · 31OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.001 · 3 %ileFRNLRUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.14% (3rd) EPSS
CVSS 7.8 · high
Is it mine?
115 products
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Who says so?
4 sources
fstec_bdu · cisco_csaf · ncsc_nl · certfr

EPSS · scored 2026-10-24

A vulnerability in the control channel socket implementation of Open Source Snort 3 could allow an authenticated, local attacker with low privileges to execute arbitrary commands as the Snort 3 process user. This vulnerability is due to a lack of authentication when a local user connects to the Snort control channel socket. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the Snort 3 control channel socket as a local user. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as well as read and write Snort 3 process memory.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · psirt@cisco.com USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · NCSC-NL NL
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · Cisco PSIRT US
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-306USCWE-306USCWE-306USCWE-306US
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affected products (115)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

showing 20 of 115
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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • NCSC-2026-0450Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Snort 3 van CiscoNL2026-10-22csaf · ncsc_nlNL

    Cisco heeft meerdere kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Snort 3, het open source intrusion detection en prevention systeem dat in diverse Cisco-producten wordt gebruikt.

  • cisco-sa-opensrc-snort3-2fXGJPfeOpen Source Snort 3 Control Channel Socket Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability2026-10-21csaf · cisco_csafUS

    A vulnerability in the control channel socket implementation of Open Source Snort 3 could allow an authenticated, local attacker with low privileges to execute arbitrary commands as the Snort 3 process user. This vulnerability is due to a lack of authentication when a local user connects to the Snort control channel socket. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the Snort 3 control channel socket as a local user. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as well as read and write Snort 3 process memory. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is part of a group of advisories. For a complete list of the advisories and links to them, see Cisco Advance Notification for Publication of October 21, 2026, Security Advisories ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-notice-QGwHnJ6k"]. In addition, for further documentation of improvements and fixes in Open Source Snort 3, see Multiple Cisco Products Snort 3 Security Hardening Release: October 2026 ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-hardening-snort3-ybgmhTQe"].

  • CERTFR-2026-AVI-1360Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits CiscoFrançais2026-10-22vendor · certfrFR
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also known as (1)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

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fstec_bducisco_csafncsc_nlcertfrNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2026-10-21modified 2026-10-23
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references (1) nvd

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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