Local service crash via crafted detection rule
Published Sep 18, 2026 · Updated Sep 18, 2026
Heap buffer overflow in Suricata 8.0.0 through 8.0.5 allows local users to crash the service by loading a crafted detection rule. During non-prefilter signature preparation, src/detect-engine-prefilter.c selects multiple non-prefilter frame engines for a frame rule combining content-free inspection with a content-free transformed match. The user must be able to supply a local ruleset; network traffic alone cannot reach the flaw, and the reported consequence is a process crash.
Summary
What happened
Heap buffer overflow in Suricata 8.0.0 through 8.0.5 allows local users to crash the service by loading a crafted detection rule. During non-prefilter signature preparation, src/detect-engine-prefilter.c selects multiple non-prefilter frame engines for a frame rule combining content-free inspection with a content-free transformed match. The user must be able to supply a local ruleset; network traffic alone cannot reach the flaw, and the reported consequence is a process crash.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-63451
- Published
- Sep 18, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 18, 2026
- Vendor
- Open Information Security Foundation
- Product
- Suricata
- Classifications
- CWE-122, T1489
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Sep 18, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 18, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=>= 8.0.0, < 8.0.6
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