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ubuntu-cve-2026-45761

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2026-09-14 00:00

Modified

2026-09-14 00:00

Summary

Details

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.

Severity

3.3 (Low)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-45761	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45761	REPORT
	https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisor…	REPORT
	https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8528	REPORT
	https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8527	REPORT
	https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/df3336bf4…	REPORT
	https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/31d397772…	REPORT
	https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-8-0-5-and-7-…	REPORT
	https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8526	REPORT

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}

CVE-2026-45761 (GCVE-0-2026-45761)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-10 21:02 – Updated: 2026-09-15 15:01

Title

Suricata detect: case-insensitive frame handling can cause heap buffer overflow during rule load

Summary

Severity

3.3 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-15 15:01 UTC

CWE

CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisor…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-8-0-5-and-7-…	x_refsource_MISC
https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8526	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
OISF	suricata	Affected: >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.5 Affected: < 7.0.16

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