CVE-2026-57223
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to 7.0.17 and 8.0.6, the Windows service installation and parameter-update logic in src/win32-service.c can pass an unquoted service ImagePath to CreateServiceA. When Suricata is installed below a path containing spaces and an earlier path component is writable by a local low-privileged attacker, Windows can execute an attacker-controlled program as LocalSystem, resulting in local privilege escalation. This issue is fixed in versions 8.0.6 and 7.0.17.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| OISF | suricata | >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.6 | affected |
| OISF | suricata | < 7.0.17 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-428: CWE-428: Unquoted Search Path or Element
References
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-jh8w-wf3f-58jp
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/pull/15676
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/0dad38fff024b4fec9bc8144d8b94dbca39aac2e
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/2b924d47cc51d0b7760cda3519f2c04a2f65ea38
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/ac1b3cc1ef3af65ce92da28261d445167eb8234d
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-7.0.17
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-8.0.6
- https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8600
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