Medium severity5.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 1, 2023· Updated Aug 11, 2026
CVE-2023-20246
CVE-2023-20246
Description
Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in Snort access control policies that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the configured policies on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to a logic error that occurs when the access control policies are being populated. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by establishing a connection to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass configured access control rules on the affected system.
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Affected products
6- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_threat_defense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: >=7.0.0,<=7.3.1.1
- Range: 7.0.0
- Range: N/A
Patches
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