{"id":"CVE-2026-57223","aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2026-57223","EUVD-2026-83396","GHSA-jh8w-wf3f-58jp","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-57223"],"status":"published","title":"Suricata windows: unquoted LocalSystem service ImagePath can allow local privilege escalation","description":"Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to 7.0.17 and 8.0.6, the Windows service installation and parameter-update logic in src/win32-service.c can pass an unquoted service ImagePath to CreateServiceA. When Suricata is installed below a path containing spaces and an earlier path component is writable by a local low-privileged attacker, Windows can execute an attacker-controlled program as LocalSystem, resulting in local privilege escalation. This issue is fixed in versions 8.0.6 and 7.0.17.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00153,"percentile":0.04531,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-428"],"published":"2026-09-18T20:23:28Z","modified":"2026-10-28T11:18:05Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"suricata","fixed_in":["1:8.0.6-1"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"suricata","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:7.0.10-1","1:7.0.10-1+deb13u1","1:7.0.10-1+deb13u2","1:7.0.10-1+deb13u3","1:7.0.10-1+deb13u4","1:7.0.11-1","1:7.0.11-1~bpo13+1","1:8.0.0-1~exp1","1:8.0.0-1~exp2","1:8.0.0-1~exp4","1:8.0.0-1~exp5","1:8.0.1-1","1:8.0.1-2","1:8.0.1-3","1:8.0.1-3~bpo13+1","1:8.0.2-1","1:8.0.2-1~bpo13+1","1:8.0.3-1","1:8.0.3-1~bpo13+1","1:8.0.3-2~exp1","1:8.0.4-1","1:8.0.4-1~bpo13+1","1:8.0.5-1","1:8.0.5-1~bpo13+1","1:8.0.6-1","1:8.0.6-1~bpo13+1","1:8.0.7-1","1:8.0.7-1~bpo13+1","1:8.0.7-2~exp1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"suricata","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:8.0.6-1"}]}],"versions":["1:7.0.10-1","1:7.0.11-1","1:7.0.11-1~bpo13+1","1:8.0.0-1~exp1","1:8.0.0-1~exp2","1:8.0.0-1~exp4","1:8.0.0-1~exp5","1:8.0.1-1","1:8.0.1-2","1:8.0.1-3","1:8.0.1-3~bpo13+1","1:8.0.2-1","1:8.0.2-1~bpo13+1","1:8.0.3-1","1:8.0.3-1~bpo13+1","1:8.0.3-2~exp1","1:8.0.4-1","1:8.0.4-1~bpo13+1","1:8.0.5-1","1:8.0.5-1~bpo13+1","1:8.0.6-1~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: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-jh8w-wf3f-58jp","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","Mitigation","Vendor Advisory","advisory","report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/OISF/suricata/pull/15676","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/0dad38fff024b4fec9bc8144d8b94dbca39aac2e","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Patch","fix","report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/2b924d47cc51d0b7760cda3519f2c04a2f65ea38","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Patch","fix","report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/ac1b3cc1ef3af65ce92da28261d445167eb8234d","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-7.0.17","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Release Notes","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-8.0.6","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Release Notes","web"]},{"url":"https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8600","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/57xxx/CVE-2026-57223.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-57223","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-57223","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-57223","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-57223","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8665","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8627","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-57223","title":"Suricata windows: unquoted LocalSystem service ImagePath can allow local privilege escalation","description":"Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. 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This issue is fixed in versions 8.0.6 and 7.0.17.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-18T21:17:00.787Z","modified":"2026-09-29T12:48:12.46Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-428"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:50.043898Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-57223","title":"Suricata windows: unquoted LocalSystem service ImagePath can allow local privilege escalation","description":"Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to 7.0.17 and 8.0.6, the Windows service installation and parameter-update logic in src/win32-service.c can pass an unquoted service ImagePath to CreateServiceA. When Suricata is installed below a path containing spaces and an earlier path component is writable by a local low-privileged attacker, Windows can execute an attacker-controlled program as LocalSystem, resulting in local privilege escalation. This issue is fixed in versions 8.0.6 and 7.0.17.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-18T20:23:28.227Z","modified":"2026-10-28T11:18:05.358518119Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-428"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:12.016252Z"},{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2026-57223","description":"Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to 7.0.17 and 8.0.6, the Windows service installation and parameter-update logic in src/win32-service.c can pass an unquoted service ImagePath to CreateServiceA. When Suricata is installed below a path containing spaces and an earlier path component is writable by a local low-privileged attacker, Windows can execute an attacker-controlled program as LocalSystem, resulting in local privilege escalation. This issue is fixed in versions 8.0.6 and 7.0.17.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-18T21:17:00.787Z","modified":"2026-09-30T08:47:36.665646039Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:57.590991Z"},{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2026-57223","description":"Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to 7.0.17 and 8.0.6, the Windows service installation and parameter-update logic in src/win32-service.c can pass an unquoted service ImagePath to CreateServiceA. When Suricata is installed below a path containing spaces and an earlier path component is writable by a local low-privileged attacker, Windows can execute an attacker-controlled program as LocalSystem, resulting in local privilege escalation. This issue is fixed in versions 8.0.6 and 7.0.17.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-18T21:17:00Z","modified":"2026-09-24T02:00:25.932187286Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:56:41.911783Z"}]}}