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CVE-2026-22264

Suricata detect/alert: heap-use-after-free on alert queue expansion

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 7.0.14, 8.0.3
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • OISF suricata

    fixed in 7.0.14; From 8.0.0 · fixed in 8.0.3

References 5

GitHub · OISF/suricata

redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org