Answer in brief
CVE-2026-76524 records a High severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in Open Source Snort 3 Control Channel Socket Aribitrary Command Execution Vulnerability. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Cisco/Cisco Open Source Snort3 (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Cisco/Cisco Open Source Snort3 (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco/Cisco Open Source Snort3generic | 3.12.2.0 || 3.1.2.0 || 3.1.3.0 || 3.1.4.0 || 3.1.5.0 || 3.1.6.0 || 3.1.7.0 || 3.1.8.0 || 3.1.9.0 || 3.1.10.0 || 3.1.12.0 || 3.1.13.0 || 3.1.14.0 || 3.1.15.0 || 3.1.16.0 || 3.1.17.0 || 3.1.18.0 || 3.1.19.0 || 3.1.20.0 || 3.1.21.0 || 3.1.22.0 || 3.1.23.0 || 3.1.24.0 || 3.1.25.0 || 3.1.27.0 || 3.1.28.0 || 3.1.29.0 || 3.1.30.0 || 3.1.31.0 || 3.1.32.0 || 3.1.36.0 || 3.1.38.0 || 3.1.39.0 || 3.1.40.0 || 3.1.41.0 || 3.1.42.0 || 3.1.43.0 || 3.1.45.0 || 3.1.47.0 || 3.1.48.0 || 3.1.50.0 || 3.1.51.0 || 3.1.52.0 || 3.1.53.0 || 3.1.55.0 || 3.1.56.0 || 3.1.57.0 || 3.1.58.0 || 3.1.59.0 || 3.1.60.0 || 3.1.61.0 || 3.1.62.0 || 3.1.63.0 || 3.1.64.0 || 3.1.65.0 || 3.1.66.0 || 3.1.67.0 || 3.1.69.0 || 3.1.70.0 || 3.1.71.0 || 3.1.72.0 || 3.1.73.0 || 3.1.74.0 || 3.1.75.0 || 3.1.76.0 || 3.1.77.0 || 3.1.78.0 || 3.1.81.0 || 3.1.82.0 || 3.1.83.0 || 3.1.84.0 || 3.2.1.0 || 3.2.2.0 || 3.3.0.0 || 3.3.1.0 || 3.3.2.0 || 3.3.3.0 || 3.3.4.0 || 3.3.5.0 || 3.3.7.0 || 3.5.0.0 || 3.5.1.0 || 3.8.1.0 || 3.6.0.0 || 3.6.2.0 || 3.9.3.0 || 3.7.2.0 || 3.7.0.0 || 3.9.6.0 || 3.10.0.0 || 3.10.2.0 || 3.7.4.0 || 3.9.0.0 || 3.5.2.0 || 3.12.1.0 || 3.6.1.0 || 3.9.2.0 || 3.6.3.0 || 3.9.5.0 || 3.7.1.0 || 3.9.7.0 || 3.7.3.0 || 3.10.1.0 || 3.9.1.0 || 3.11.1.0 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Oct 21, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 21, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Oct 21, 2026
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.
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