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CVE-2026-76524: Open Source Snort 3 Control Channel Socket Aribitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-10-21 · updated 2026-10-22
- Weakness: CWE-306
Description
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.
Affected products
- Cisco Open Source Snort3: 3.12.2.0, 3.1.2.0, 3.1.3.0, 3.1.4.0, 3.1.5.0, 3.1.6.0 (+99)
In the news
- Cisco Advance Notification for Publication of October 21, 2026, Security Advisories
- Open Source Snort 3 Control Channel Socket Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
References
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