Description
Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to 7.0.8, TCP streams with TCP urgent data (out of band data) can lead to Suricata analyzing data differently than the applications at the TCP endpoints, leading to possible evasions. Suricata 7.0.8 includes options to allow users to configure how to handle TCP urgent data. In IPS mode, you can use a rule such as drop tcp any any -> any any (sid:1; tcp.flags:U*;) to drop all the packets with urgent flag set.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| OISF | suricata | < 7.0.8 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | suricata | 1:7.0.8-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | suricata | 1:7.0.8-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | suricata | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | suricata | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | suricata | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | suricata | No fix yet | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | suricata | 8.0.0-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2025:15394-1 |
Alpine
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.24 | suricata | 7.0.8-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.23 | suricata | 7.0.8-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.22 | suricata | 7.0.8-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.21 | suricata | 7.0.8-r0 | — |
Advisories 1
- openSUSE-SU-2025:15394-1 libsuricata8_0_0-8.0.0-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026