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CVE-2025-29918

Suricata pcre: negated pcr can cause infinite loop

6.2 MediumFix available

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. A PCRE rule can be written that leads to an infinite loop when negated PCRE is used. Packet processing thread becomes stuck in infinite loop limiting visibility and availability in inline mode. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.9.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.28%Up 0.3 points since Apr 11, 2025
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.2

Suricata pcre: negated pcr can cause infinite loop

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. A PCRE rule can be written that leads to an infinite loop when negated PCRE is used. Packet processing thread becomes stuck in infinite loop limiting visibility and availability in inline mode. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.9.

Record
CVE-2025-29918
CVSS 3.1
6.2 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-835
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-10709 6.2

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. A PCRE rule can be written that leads to an infinite loop when negated PCRE is used. Packet processing thread becomes stuck in infinite loop limiting visibility and availability in inline mode. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.9.

Record
EUVD-2025-10709
CVSS 3.1
6.2 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 6.2

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. A PCRE rule can be written that leads to an infinite loop when negated PCRE is used. Packet processing thread becomes stuck in infinite loop limiting visibility and availability in inline mode. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.9.

Record
CVE-2025-29918
CVSS 3.1
6.2 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-835
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 6.2

Suricata pcre: negated pcr can cause infinite loop

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. A PCRE rule can be written that leads to an infinite loop when negated PCRE is used. Packet processing thread becomes stuck in infinite loop limiting visibility and availability in inline mode. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.9.

Record
CVE-2025-29918
CVSS 3.1
6.2 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-835
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2025-29918 5.5

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. A PCRE rule can be written that leads to an infinite loop when negated PCRE is used. Packet processing thread becomes stuck in infinite loop limiting visibility and availability in inline mode. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.9.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2025-29918
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2025-29918 6.2

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. A PCRE rule can be written that leads to an infinite loop when negated PCRE is used. Packet processing thread becomes stuck in infinite loop limiting visibility and availability in inline mode. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.9.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2025-29918
CVSS 3.1
6.2 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2026-0181 No score

Updated suricata packages fix security vulnerabilities

Various security, performance, accuracy, and stability issues have been fixed, plus we have moved to a supported version.

Record
MGASA-2026-0181
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:15394-1 No score

libsuricata8_0_0-8.0.0-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libsuricata8_0_0-8.0.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2025:15394-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
suricata
Debian:13
 before 1:7.0.9-1
1:7.0.9-1
suricata
Debian:14
 before 1:7.0.9-1
1:7.0.9-1
suricata
Debian:11
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 1:6.0.1-3+deb11u1, plus listed versions
1:6.0.1-3
1:6.0.1-3+deb11u1
suricata
Mageia:9
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 7.0.10-1.mga9
7.0.10-1.mga9
suricata
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
2.0.8-1build12.0.9-12.0.10-12.0.10-22.0.11-13.0-1
 None known
suricata
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
3.2-2ubuntu3
 None known
suricata
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
1:6.0.4-21:6.0.4-3
 None known
suricata
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
1:7.0.0-21:7.0.2-11:7.0.2-1build11:7.0.3-1build11:7.0.3-1build3
 None known
suricata
Ubuntu:25.10
 All versions, plus listed versions
1:7.0.8-21:7.0.10-1
 None known
suricata
Ubuntu:26.10
 All versions, plus listed versions
1:8.0.3-11:8.0.5-11:8.0.6-1
 None known
suricata
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
1:7.0.10-11:8.0.1-3build11:8.0.2-11:8.0.2-1build11:8.0.3-1
 None known
suricata
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 30 CVEs
 before 8.0.0-1.1
8.0.0-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-29918 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.2) in Oisf Suricata, published March 31, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.28%, the 20th percentile. Fixed in suricata 1:7.0.9-1.

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