CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-45751

MediumCVSS 5.9
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

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, Suricata's inspection-buffer helper could leave an inspection pointer referencing freed memory after a chained transform caused the backing buffer to be reallocated. The issue is reached during a specific network traffic processing, and requires a specific but not malicious rule.

Risk Assessment

Suricata may crash due to a use-after-free condition, leading to denial of service and disruption of network monitoring.

Recommendation

Upgrade Suricata to version 7.0.16 or 8.0.5. As a workaround, avoid rules that chain `dotprefix` transform after another one.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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, Suricata's inspection-buffer helper could leave an inspection pointer referencing freed memory after a chained transform caused the backing buffer to be reallocated. The issue is reached during a specific network traffic processing, and requires a specific but not malicious rule. Versions 7.0.16 and 8.0.5 contain a fix. As a workaround, avoid rules that chain `dotprefix` transform after another one.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS