Open Source Snort 3 Control Channel Socket Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
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 ad
Read at Cisco PSIRT Security Advisories
- Vendor
- Cisco
- Product
- Snort
- EPSS
- 0.002 (p7)
- Fix
- available
- Exposure class
- Endpoint security
Why it ranks 30 (Notable)
- Product class: endpoint security
- Widely deployed vendor product (Cisco)
- Covered by 2 independent sources
- Fix available
- Vendor security advisory
- Recency: items published within 24 hours gain 15, within 72 hours 6, within 7 days 2.
Links
- Cisco PSIRT Security Advisories (sec.cloudapps.cisco.com)
- CVE-2026-76524 on this site · NVD · CVE.org · Vulnpedia
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