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CVE-2026-57224

Suricata dhcp: unbounded transactions in unidirectional traffic can lead to resource exhaustion

6.5 MediumFix available

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. From 8.0.0 until 8.0.6, the DHCP parser in rust/src/dhcp/dhcp.rs creates stateless transactions without recording their packet direction with AppLayerTxData::for_direction(), so a sensor that observes only one direction cannot mark the unseen direction inspected or free completed transactions. The RDP parser in rust/src/rdp/rdp.rs has the same direction-state defect. The per-flow transaction list can grow without bound and cleanup repeatedly scans it, causing increasing CPU and memory consumption and eventual denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 8.0.6.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.41%Unchanged since Sep 19, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.5

Suricata dhcp: unbounded transactions in unidirectional traffic can lead to resource exhaustion

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. From 8.0.0 until 8.0.6, the DHCP parser in rust/src/dhcp/dhcp.rs creates stateless transactions without recording their packet direction with AppLayerTxData::for_direction(), so a sensor that observes only one direction cannot mark the unseen direction inspected or free completed transactions. The RDP parser in rust/src/rdp/rdp.rs has the same direction-state defect. The per-flow transaction list can grow without bound and cleanup repeatedly scans it, causing increasing CPU and memory consumption and eventual denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 8.0.6.

Record
CVE-2026-57224
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-400, CWE-770
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-83382 6.5

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. From 8.0.0 until 8.0.6, the DHCP parser in rust/src/dhcp/dhcp.rs creates stateless transactions without recording their packet direction with AppLayerTxData::for_direction(), so a sensor that observes only one direction cannot mark the unseen direction inspected or free completed transactions. The RDP parser in rust/src/rdp/rdp.rs has the same direction-state defect. The per-flow transaction list can grow without bound and cleanup repeatedly scans it, causing increasing CPU and memory consumption and eventual denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 8.0.6.

Record
EUVD-2026-83382
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 6.5

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. From 8.0.0 until 8.0.6, the DHCP parser in rust/src/dhcp/dhcp.rs creates stateless transactions without recording their packet direction with AppLayerTxData::for_direction(), so a sensor that observes only one direction cannot mark the unseen direction inspected or free completed transactions. The RDP parser in rust/src/rdp/rdp.rs has the same direction-state defect. The per-flow transaction list can grow without bound and cleanup repeatedly scans it, causing increasing CPU and memory consumption and eventual denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 8.0.6.

Record
CVE-2026-57224
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-400, CWE-770
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 6.5

Suricata dhcp: unbounded transactions in unidirectional traffic can lead to resource exhaustion

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. From 8.0.0 until 8.0.6, the DHCP parser in rust/src/dhcp/dhcp.rs creates stateless transactions without recording their packet direction with AppLayerTxData::for_direction(), so a sensor that observes only one direction cannot mark the unseen direction inspected or free completed transactions. The RDP parser in rust/src/rdp/rdp.rs has the same direction-state defect. The per-flow transaction list can grow without bound and cleanup repeatedly scans it, causing increasing CPU and memory consumption and eventual denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 8.0.6.

Record
CVE-2026-57224
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-400, CWE-770
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-57224 6.5

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. From 8.0.0 until 8.0.6, the DHCP parser in rust/src/dhcp/dhcp.rs creates stateless transactions without recording their packet direction with AppLayerTxData::for_direction(), so a sensor that observes only one direction cannot mark the unseen direction inspected or free completed transactions. The RDP parser in rust/src/rdp/rdp.rs has the same direction-state defect. The per-flow transaction list can grow without bound and cleanup repeatedly scans it, causing increasing CPU and memory consumption and eventual denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 8.0.6.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-57224
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-57224 6.5

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. From 8.0.0 until 8.0.6, the DHCP parser in rust/src/dhcp/dhcp.rs creates stateless transactions without recording their packet direction with AppLayerTxData::for_direction(), so a sensor that observes only one direction cannot mark the unseen direction inspected or free completed transactions. The RDP parser in rust/src/rdp/rdp.rs has the same direction-state defect. The per-flow transaction list can grow without bound and cleanup repeatedly scans it, causing increasing CPU and memory consumption and eventual denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 8.0.6.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-57224
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:11308-1 No score

libsuricata8_0_6-8.0.6-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libsuricata8_0_6-8.0.6-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:11308-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
suricata
Debian:13
All versions, plus listed versions
1:7.0.10-11:7.0.10-1+deb13u11:7.0.10-1+deb13u21:7.0.10-1+deb13u31:7.0.10-1+deb13u4
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1:7.0.11-11:7.0.11-1~bpo13+11:8.0.0-1~exp11:8.0.0-1~exp21:8.0.0-1~exp41:8.0.0-1~exp51:8.0.1-11:8.0.1-21:8.0.1-31:8.0.1-3~bpo13+11:8.0.2-11:8.0.2-1~bpo13+11:8.0.3-11:8.0.3-1~bpo13+11:8.0.3-2~exp11:8.0.4-11:8.0.4-1~bpo13+11:8.0.5-11:8.0.5-1~bpo13+11:8.0.6-11:8.0.6-1~bpo13+11:8.0.7-11:8.0.7-1~bpo13+11:8.0.7-2~exp1
None known
suricata
Debian:14
before 1:8.0.6-1, plus listed versions
1:7.0.10-11:7.0.11-11:7.0.11-1~bpo13+11:8.0.0-1~exp11:8.0.0-1~exp2
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1:8.0.0-1~exp41:8.0.0-1~exp51:8.0.1-11:8.0.1-21:8.0.1-31:8.0.1-3~bpo13+11:8.0.2-11:8.0.2-1~bpo13+11:8.0.3-11:8.0.3-1~bpo13+11:8.0.3-2~exp11:8.0.4-11:8.0.4-1~bpo13+11:8.0.5-11:8.0.5-1~bpo13+11:8.0.6-1~bpo13+1
1:8.0.6-1
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: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 5 CVEs
before 8.0.6-1.1
8.0.6-1.1

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-2026-57224 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Oisf Suricata, published July 18, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 35th percentile. Fixed in suricata 1:8.0.6-1.

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