CVE-2026-76524 (GCVE-0-2026-76524)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-21 16:18 – Updated: 2026-10-22 13:37
VLAI
Title
Open Source Snort 3 Control Channel Socket Aribitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
Summary
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.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-21 17:12 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Assigner
cisco CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 66/100 over 442 records in the last 180 days details
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Cisco Cisco Open Source Snort3 Affected: 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
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