# CVE-2026-63450: Suricata ftp: RETR/STOR before PORT/PASV can disable further IDS app-layer detection

- Severity: CVSS 3.7 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.0.6
- Published: 2026-09-18 · Updated: 2026-09-23

## Affected

- OISF suricata: fixed in 8.0.6

## Description

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to 8.0.6, the FTP parser in src/app-layer-ftp.c treats a RETR or STOR command sent before PORT or PASV negotiation as a fatal application-layer error instead of a recoverable protocol event. The fatal state disables FTP application-layer parsing for the remainder of the TCP flow, so later commands can evade parser-dependent rules and logging; IPS mode instead drops the flow. This issue is fixed in version 8.0.6.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on OISF suricata, upgrade to a fixed version (8.0.6) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-56wx-7hqh-wfgr
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/pull/15704
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/52490b8c26909772801afed98df63a6d62f3af18
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/feb0ff91159cea474a983adf92e4b56fb16e4ffc
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-8.0.6
- https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8659

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