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 could allow the attacker to cause a device that is running Cisco Secure FTD Software to drop network traffic, resulting in a DoS condition. 
Note: TLS 1.3 is not affected by this vulnerability.
Published: 2026-03-04
Score: 5.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Thu, 05 Mar 2026 09:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Cisco
Cisco secure Firewall Threat Defense
Vendors & Products Cisco
Cisco secure Firewall Threat Defense

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 04 Mar 2026 17:45:00 +0000

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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 could allow the attacker to cause a device that is running Cisco Secure FTD Software to drop network traffic, resulting in a DoS condition.&nbsp; Note: TLS 1.3 is not affected by this vulnerability.
Title Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software and Cisco FirePOWER Services TLS with Snort 3 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-388
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


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Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-04T20:51:58.937Z

Reserved: 2025-10-08T11:59:15.349Z

Link: CVE-2026-20006

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-04T20:51:55.949Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-04T18:16:13.803

Modified: 2026-03-05T19:39:11.967

Link: CVE-2026-20006

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-05T09:06:23Z

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