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CVE-2026-22264 (GCVE-0-2026-22264)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-27 18:33 – Updated: 2026-01-28 14:02
VLAI
Title
Suricata detect/alert: heap-use-after-free on alert queue expansion
Summary
Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine. Prior to version 8.0.3 and 7.0.14, an unsigned integer overflow can lead to a heap use-after-free condition when generating excessive amounts of alerts for a single packet. Versions 8.0.3 and 7.0.14 contain a patch. As a workaround, do not run untrusted rulesets or run with less than 65536 signatures that can match on the same packet.
Severity
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-01-28 14:02 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
OISF suricata Affected: < 7.0.14
Affected: >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.3
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