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.
Use CWE-290, Snort vendor hub and Snort product page to widen CVE-2023-20246 into its surrounding weakness, vendor, and product context.
Compare it with CVE-2016-1417, CVE-2021-1223 and CVE-2007-1398 for nearby disclosures in the same product family.