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suricata-update vulnerability

Published Sep 15, 2026 · Updated Sep 16, 2026

Summary

Guillem Lefait discovered that Suricata-Update did not properly validate
destination paths when extracting files referenced by downloaded rule
archives. An attacker could possibly use this issue to write arbitrary
files outside the configured rules directory.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 22.04 LTS Pro:22.04:LTS suricata-update 1.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 24.04 LTS Pro:24.04:LTS suricata-update 1.3.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 26.04 LTS Pro:26.04:LTS suricata-update 1.3.7-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-63347