● Medium · CVSS 5.8

How to Fix CVE-2026-20068: Cisco Cyber Vision (Bundle Sibling)

By Sai Kiran Pandrala. Last verified: 2026-05-25.

CVE-2026-20068 is a sibling vulnerability in the same vendor advisory as CVE-2026-20005. Apply the same patched build and you close both. The technical detail below is what differs.

⚡ At a glance
Severity5.8 (Medium)
Actively exploited?No public listing in CISA KEV
AffectedCisco Cyber Vision 3.0.0; Cisco Cyber Vision 3.0.2; Cisco Cyber Vision 3.0.3; Cisco Cyber Vision 3.0.1; Cisco Cyber Vision 3.1.0; Cisco Cyber Vision 3.0.4; Cisco Cyber Vision 3.1.1; Cisco Cyber Vision 3.1.2; Cisco Cyber Vision 3.2.0; Cisco Cyber Vision 3.0.5; Cisco Cyber Vision 3.2.1; Cisco Cyber Vision 3.0.6; Cisco Cyber Vision 3.2.2; Cisco Cyber Vision 3.2.3; Cisco Cyber Vision 3.2.4; Cisco Cyber Vision 4.0.0; Cisco Cyber Vision 4.0.1; Cisco Cyber Vision 4.0.2; Cisco Cyber Vision 4.0.3; Cisco Cyber Vision 4.1.0; Cisco Cyber Vision 4.1.1; Cisco Cyber Vision 4.1.2; Cisco Cyber Vision 4.1.3; Cisco Cyber Vision 4.1.4; Cisco Cyber Vision 4.2.0; Cisco Cyber Vision 4.2.1; Cisco Cyber Vision 4.1.5; Cisco Cyber Vision 4.2.2; Cisco Cyber Vision 4.2.X; Cisco Cyber Vision 4.2.3; Cisco Cyber Vision 4.2.4; Cisco Cyber Vision 4.2.6; Cisco Cyber Vision 4.1.6; Cisco Cyber Vision 4.3.0; Cisco Cyber Vision 4.3.1; Cisco Cyber Vision 4.3.2; Cisco Cyber Vision 4.3.3; Cisco Cyber Vision 4.4.0; Cisco Cyber Vision 4.4.1; Cisco Cyber Vision 4.4.2; Cisco Cyber Vision 4.4.3; Cisco Cyber Vision 4.1.7; Cisco Cyber Vision 5.0.0; Cisco Cyber Vision 5.0.1; Cisco Cyber Vision 5.0.2; Cisco Cyber Vision 5.1.0; Cisco Cyber Vision 5.1.1; Cisco Cyber Vision 5.1.2; Cisco Cyber Vision 5.1.3; Cisco Cyber Vision 5.2.0; Cisco Cyber Vision 5.2.1; Cisco Cyber Vision 5.3.0; Cisco Cyber Vision 5.3.1; Cisco Cyber Vision 5.3.2; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2.4; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2.5; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2.4.1; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.4.0; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2.5.1; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.4.1; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2.6; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.4.1.1; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2.7; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2.5.2; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2.8; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.6.0; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.4.2; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2.8.1; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.4.2.1; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2.9; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.7.0; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.4.2.2; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2.10; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.6.1; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.4.2.3; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.6.2; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.7.10; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.6.2.1; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.7.10.1; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.4.2.4; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.2.10.2; Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software 7.4.3; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.3.1a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.2.1r; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.3.2; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.4.1a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.5.1; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.3.3; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.5.1a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.3.4; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.3.4a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.4.2; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.4.1b; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.6.1a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.7.1a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.6.2; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.8.1a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.3.5; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.6.3; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.6.3a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.7.2; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.9.1a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.6.4; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.10.1a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.3.6; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.3.7; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.9.2a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.6.5; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.11.1a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.9.3a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.12.1a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.9.4; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.6.6; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.3.8; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.3.8a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.6.6a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.9.4a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.12.2; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.13.1a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.9.5a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.12.3; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.6.7; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.14.1a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.12.4; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.12.3a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.15.1a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.6.8; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.9.6; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.6.8a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.16.1a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.9.5e; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.12.4a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.15.2c; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.9.5f; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.12.4b; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.15.2a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.12.5; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.17.1; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.12.5a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.9.7a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.15.3a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.15.3; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.12.5b; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.12.5c; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.15.4; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.9.7b; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.18.1; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.18.1a; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.12.6; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.9.8; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.15.4c; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.12.5d; Cisco UTD SNORT IPS Engine Software 17.18.2
Fixed inSame patched build as CVE-2026-20005
Type (CWE)CWE-248: Uncaught Exception

Exploitation status

CVE-2026-20068 has not (yet) been flagged on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog; treat that as 'no confirmed exploitation on record', not 'safe to ignore'. Do not read that as all-clear: the KEV catalog often trails real-world attacks, so prioritise this on its severity rather than waiting for a listing.

Public exploit availability: no public proof-of-concept or Metasploit module is referenced in this record yet. That says nothing about private exploit code, so do not treat the issue as low risk just because none is published.

Authoritative references:

What's different about CVE-2026-20068?

Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Snort 3 detection engine that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the Snort 3 Detection Engine to restart, resulting in an interruption of packet inspection.

This vulnerability is due to incomplete error checking when parsing remote procedure call (RPC) data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted RPC packets through an established connection to be parsed by Snort 3. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a DoS condition when the Snort 3 Detection Engine unexpectedly restarts.

Resolve

Apply the patched build per the primary write-up: How to Fix CVE-2026-20005. All commands, verification steps, and rollback notes for Cisco Cyber Vision are listed there.

Frequently asked questions

Does the CVE-2026-20005 patch close CVE-2026-20068?

Yes. Both CVEs are addressed by the same vendor patch. Applying the patched build closes the full bundle.

Is CVE-2026-20068 listed in CISA KEV?

No public KEV listing at the time of this writing.

Where is the official advisory?

See https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-snort3-multi-dos-XFWkWSwz

References


*Written by Sai Kiran Pandrala. Part of the Cisco Cyber Vision bundle. Full procedure at how-to-fix-cve-2026-20005.*

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People also ask

Does the CVE-2026-20005 patch close CVE-2026-20068?

Yes. Both CVEs are addressed by the same vendor patch. Applying the patched build closes the full bundle.

Is CVE-2026-20068 listed in CISA KEV?

No public KEV listing at the time of this writing.

Where is the official advisory?

See https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-snort3-multi-dos-XFWkWSwz