CVE-2026-20291 Multiple Cisco Products Snort 3 Software Hardening Release: October 2026

High 7.8 Published Updated
Exploited in the wild
Not known
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2026-20291?

CVE-2026-20291 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Cyber Vision, published on 21 Oct 2026.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-20291?

How do I fix CVE-2026-20291?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-20291 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2026-20291 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-20291 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-ghjc-g92q-hx65.

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