{"id":"CVE-2025-53538","aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2025-53538","EUVD-2025-22378","GHSA-qrr7-crgj-cmh3","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-53538"],"status":"published","title":"Suricata's mishandling of data on  HTTP2 stream 0 can lead to resource starvation","description":"Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. In versions 7.0.10 and below and  8.0.0-beta1 through 8.0.0-rc1, mishandling of data on HTTP2 stream 0 can lead to uncontrolled memory usage, leading to loss of visibility. Workarounds include disabling the HTTP/2 parser, and using a signature like drop http2 any any -\u003e any any (frame:http2.hdr; byte_test:1,=,0,3; byte_test:4,=,0,5; sid: 1;) where the first byte test tests the HTTP2 frame type DATA and the second tests the stream id 0. This is fixed in versions 7.0.11 and 8.0.0.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00537,"percentile":0.4561,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-400","CWE-770"],"published":"2025-07-22T21:36:03Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:50Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"suricata","fixed_in":["1:7.0.10-1+deb13u1"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"suricata","fixed_in":["1:7.0.11-1"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"suricata","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:7.0.10-1+deb13u1"}]}],"versions":["1:7.0.10-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"suricata","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:7.0.11-1"}]}],"versions":["1:7.0.10-1","1:7.0.11-1~bpo13+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/security/advisories/GHSA-qrr7-crgj-cmh3","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","Patch","Third Party Advisory","advisory","report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/1d6d331752e933c46aca0ae7a9679b27462246e3","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/7fa88ea9e7d05e07a7864050cfd836b576669720","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/53xxx/CVE-2025-53538.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53538","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-53538","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-53538","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-53538","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-53538","title":"Suricata's mishandling of data on  HTTP2 stream 0 can lead to resource starvation","description":"Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. In versions 7.0.10 and below and  8.0.0-beta1 through 8.0.0-rc1, mishandling of data on HTTP2 stream 0 can lead to uncontrolled memory usage, leading to loss of visibility. Workarounds include disabling the HTTP/2 parser, and using a signature like drop http2 any any -\u003e any any (frame:http2.hdr; byte_test:1,=,0,3; byte_test:4,=,0,5; sid: 1;) where the first byte test tests the HTTP2 frame type DATA and the second tests the stream id 0. This is fixed in versions 7.0.11 and 8.0.0.","status":"published","published":"2025-07-22T21:36:03.976Z","modified":"2025-07-23T18:32:21.856Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-770","CWE-400"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:32:48.853452Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2025-22378","description":"Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. In versions 7.0.10 and below and  8.0.0-beta1 through 8.0.0-rc1, mishandling of data on HTTP2 stream 0 can lead to uncontrolled memory usage, leading to loss of visibility. Workarounds include disabling the HTTP/2 parser, and using a signature like drop http2 any any -\u003e any any (frame:http2.hdr; byte_test:1,=,0,3; byte_test:4,=,0,5; sid: 1;) where the first byte test tests the HTTP2 frame type DATA and the second tests the stream id 0. This is fixed in versions 7.0.11 and 8.0.0.","status":"published","published":"2025-07-22T21:36:03Z","modified":"2025-07-23T18:32:21Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:32:04.806066Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2025-53538","description":"Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. In versions 7.0.10 and below and  8.0.0-beta1 through 8.0.0-rc1, mishandling of data on HTTP2 stream 0 can lead to uncontrolled memory usage, leading to loss of visibility. Workarounds include disabling the HTTP/2 parser, and using a signature like drop http2 any any -\u003e any any (frame:http2.hdr; byte_test:1,=,0,3; byte_test:4,=,0,5; sid: 1;) where the first byte test tests the HTTP2 frame type DATA and the second tests the stream id 0. This is fixed in versions 7.0.11 and 8.0.0.","status":"published","published":"2025-07-22T22:15:37.62Z","modified":"2026-06-17T09:38:24.567Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-400","CWE-770"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:11:19.382856Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2025-53538","title":"Suricata's mishandling of data on  HTTP2 stream 0 can lead to resource starvation","description":"Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. In versions 7.0.10 and below and  8.0.0-beta1 through 8.0.0-rc1, mishandling of data on HTTP2 stream 0 can lead to uncontrolled memory usage, leading to loss of visibility. Workarounds include disabling the HTTP/2 parser, and using a signature like drop http2 any any -\u003e any any (frame:http2.hdr; byte_test:1,=,0,3; byte_test:4,=,0,5; sid: 1;) where the first byte test tests the HTTP2 frame type DATA and the second tests the stream id 0. This is fixed in versions 7.0.11 and 8.0.0.","status":"published","published":"2025-07-22T21:36:03.976Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:50.640140179Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-400","CWE-770"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:50.45326Z"},{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2025-53538","description":"Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. In versions 7.0.10 and below and  8.0.0-beta1 through 8.0.0-rc1, mishandling of data on HTTP2 stream 0 can lead to uncontrolled memory usage, leading to loss of visibility. Workarounds include disabling the HTTP/2 parser, and using a signature like drop http2 any any -\u003e any any (frame:http2.hdr; byte_test:1,=,0,3; byte_test:4,=,0,5; sid: 1;) where the first byte test tests the HTTP2 frame type DATA and the second tests the stream id 0. This is fixed in versions 7.0.11 and 8.0.0.","status":"published","published":"2025-07-22T22:15:37.62Z","modified":"2026-09-01T20:05:53.844717862Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:47.378563Z"},{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2025-53538","description":"Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. In versions 7.0.10 and below and  8.0.0-beta1 through 8.0.0-rc1, mishandling of data on HTTP2 stream 0 can lead to uncontrolled memory usage, leading to loss of visibility. Workarounds include disabling the HTTP/2 parser, and using a signature like drop http2 any any -\u003e any any (frame:http2.hdr; byte_test:1,=,0,3; byte_test:4,=,0,5; sid: 1;) where the first byte test tests the HTTP2 frame type DATA and the second tests the stream id 0. This is fixed in versions 7.0.11 and 8.0.0.","status":"published","published":"2025-07-22T22:15:00Z","modified":"2026-10-17T12:57:06.995331Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:55:50.31802Z"}]}}