CVE-2026-45761

Summary

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to versions 7.0.16 and 8.0.5, a crafted rule using mixed-case frame syntax could trigger a heap buffer overflow while Suricata is loading signatures. The issue is reached during rule parsing/loading rather than by network traffic alone. Versions 7.0.16 and 8.0.5 contain a fix. As a workaround, preprocess rules to check that frames are all lowercase and/or only load trusted rulesets.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
OISFsuricata>= 8.0.0, < 8.0.5affected
OISFsuricata< 7.0.16affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-122: CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow

References