# CVE-2026-45751: Suricata detect/transform: use-after-free in dotprefix transform

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.0.16, 8.0.5
- Published: 2026-09-10 · Updated: 2026-09-11

## Affected

- OISF suricata: fixed in 7.0.16; from 8.0.0, fixed in 8.0.5

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on OISF suricata, upgrade to a fixed version (7.0.16, 8.0.5) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-59q6-j4w8-8pjx
- https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-8-0-5-and-7-0-16-released/6315
- https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8537

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