{"id":"CVE-2023-35853","aliases":["ALPINE-CVE-2023-35853","DEBIAN-CVE-2023-35853","EUVD-2023-39846","GHSA-42j3-j7r2-vj2g","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-35853"],"status":"published","title":"In Suricata before 6.0.13, an adversary who controls an external source of Lua rules may be able...","description":"In Suricata before 6.0.13, an adversary who controls an external source of Lua rules may be able to execute Lua code. This is addressed in 6.0.13 by disabling Lua unless allow-rules is true in the security lua configuration section.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.01031,"percentile":0.63983,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-94"],"published":"2023-06-19T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-11-03T06:32:42Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.18","package":"suricata","fixed_in":["6.0.15-r0"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"suricata","fixed_in":["1:6.0.13-1"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"suricata","fixed_in":["1:6.0.13-1"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.18","package":"suricata","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.0.15-r0"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"suricata","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:6.0.13-1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"suricata","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:6.0.13-1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","package":"suricata","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.0.8-1build1","2.0.9-1","2.0.10-1","2.0.10-2","2.0.11-1","3.0-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","package":"suricata","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.2-2ubuntu3"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS","package":"suricata","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:6.0.4-2","1:6.0.4-3"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.04:LTS","package":"suricata","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:7.0.0-2","1:7.0.2-1","1:7.0.2-1build1","1:7.0.3-1build1","1:7.0.3-1build3"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:25.10","package":"suricata","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:7.0.8-2","1:7.0.10-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.10","package":"suricata","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:8.0.3-1","1:8.0.5-1","1:8.0.6-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.04:LTS","package":"suricata","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:7.0.10-1","1:8.0.1-3build1","1:8.0.2-1","1:8.0.2-1build1","1:8.0.3-1"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"oisf","product":"suricata"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/OISF/suricata/compare/suricata-6.0.12...suricata-6.0.13","tags":["x_transferred","Vendor Advisory","web","report"]},{"url":"https://www.stamus-networks.com/stamus-labs","tags":["x_transferred","Not Applicable","web","report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/b95bbcc66db526ffcc880eb439dbe8abc87a81da","tags":["x_transferred","Patch","Vendor Advisory","fix","report"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-35853","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-42j3-j7r2-vj2g"},{"url":"https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-35853","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/35xxx/CVE-2023-35853.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-35853","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-35853","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-35853","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-35853","description":"In Suricata before 6.0.13, an adversary who controls an external source of Lua rules may be able to execute Lua code. This is addressed in 6.0.13 by disabling Lua unless allow-rules is true in the security lua configuration section.","status":"published","published":"2023-06-19T00:00:00Z","modified":"2024-12-11T17:04:00.808Z","cwes":["CWE-94"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:33.462059Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-39846","description":"In Suricata before 6.0.13, an adversary who controls an external source of Lua rules may be able to execute Lua code. This is addressed in 6.0.13 by disabling Lua unless allow-rules is true in the security lua configuration section.","status":"published","published":"2023-06-19T00:00:00Z","modified":"2024-12-11T17:04:00Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:04:36.867108Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-42j3-j7r2-vj2g","title":"In Suricata before 6.0.13, an adversary who controls an external source of Lua rules may be able...","description":"In Suricata before 6.0.13, an adversary who controls an external source of Lua rules may be able to execute Lua code. This is addressed in 6.0.13 by disabling Lua unless allow-rules is true in the security lua configuration section.","status":"published","published":"2023-06-19T06:30:41Z","modified":"2024-12-11T18:30:35Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-94"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:59:08.209902Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-35853","description":"In Suricata before 6.0.13, an adversary who controls an external source of Lua rules may be able to execute Lua code. This is addressed in 6.0.13 by disabling Lua unless allow-rules is true in the security lua configuration section.","status":"published","published":"2023-06-19T04:15:11.287Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:05:20.557Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-94"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:08:06.335469Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"ALPINE-CVE-2023-35853","description":"In Suricata before 6.0.13, an adversary who controls an external source of Lua rules may be able to execute Lua code. This is addressed in 6.0.13 by disabling Lua unless allow-rules is true in the security lua configuration section.","status":"published","published":"2023-06-19T04:15:11.287Z","modified":"2026-11-03T06:32:42.857349745Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T07:17:02.90744Z"},{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2023-35853","description":"In Suricata before 6.0.13, an adversary who controls an external source of Lua rules may be able to execute Lua code. This is addressed in 6.0.13 by disabling Lua unless allow-rules is true in the security lua configuration section.","status":"published","published":"2023-06-19T04:15:11.287Z","modified":"2026-10-26T18:03:05.272518521Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:39.980321Z"},{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2023-35853","description":"In Suricata before 6.0.13, an adversary who controls an external source of Lua rules may be able to execute Lua code. This is addressed in 6.0.13 by disabling Lua unless allow-rules is true in the security lua configuration section.","status":"published","published":"2023-06-19T04:15:00Z","modified":"2026-10-17T12:56:23.286748052Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:54:21.882004Z"},{"id":"CVE-2023-35853","description":"In Suricata before 6.0.13, an adversary who controls an external source of Lua rules may be able to execute Lua code. This is addressed in 6.0.13 by disabling Lua unless allow-rules is true in the security lua configuration section.","status":"published","published":"2023-06-19T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-10-28T10:34:56.705578925Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:32.510144Z"}]}}
