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CVE-2026-63446

7.5 · HIGH

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine.

Published Sep 18, 2026oisfCWE-401EPSS 0.68%

Overview

CVE-2026-63446 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting oisf suricata. It was published on September 18, 2026 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. From 8.0.0 until 8.0.6, AppLayerParserSetTransactionInspectId() in src/app-layer-parser.c uses an inverted guard and marks only already-inspected transactions as inspected. On flows passed by a pass rule or pass-the-flow exception policy, detection is skipped, so completed transactions remain unmarked, are never freed, and are repeatedly rescanned. The per-flow list can grow without bound with quadratic cleanup cost, causing CPU and memory exhaustion. This issue is fixed in version 8.0.6.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from oisf. Update suricata to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsStatus
oisfsuricata>= 8.0.0, < 8.0.6Affected

References

GitHubgithub.com/OISF/suricata/commit/006e21c1ccc38c1c815e7945d54b4638cc5f0de8GitHubgithub.com/OISF/suricata/commit/60a83c62a1dfdfb589b2bad27fb7fc339fc964b7GitHubgithub.com/OISF/suricata/pull/15726GitHubgithub.com/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-8.0.6GitHubgithub.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-gjwr-75gq-877mRefredmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8628

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-63446?

CVE-2026-63446 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting oisf suricata. It was published on September 18, 2026 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2026-63446?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2026-63446?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from oisf. Update suricata to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2026-63446?

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