CVE-2026-22264
Suricata detect/alert: heap-use-after-free on alert queue expansion
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.4 High
- Published
- Jan 27, 2026
- Updated
- Jan 28, 2026
- Reserved
- Jan 7, 2026
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.4 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-416 Use After Free
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
suricataOISF |
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References
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-mqr8-m3m4-2hw5
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/549d7bf60616de8e54686a188196453b5b22f715
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/5789a3d3760dbf33d93fc56c27bd9529e5bdc8f2
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/ac1eb394181530430fb7262969f423a1bf8f209b
- https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8190
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