Description
Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. From 8.0.0 until 8.0.6, the DHCP parser in rust/src/dhcp/dhcp.rs creates stateless transactions without recording their packet direction with AppLayerTxData::for_direction(), so a sensor that observes only one direction cannot mark the unseen direction inspected or free completed transactions. The RDP parser in rust/src/rdp/rdp.rs has the same direction-state defect. The per-flow transaction list can grow without bound and cleanup repeatedly scans it, causing increasing CPU and memory consumption and eventual denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 8.0.6.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| OISF | suricata | >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.6 | — |
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 | 1:8.0.6-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | suricata | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | suricata | No fix yet | — |
| 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 | 8.0.6-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:11308-1 |
Advisories 1
- openSUSE-SU-2026:11308-1 libsuricata8_0_6-8.0.6-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jul 19, 2026
References
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-m2vc-g65c-ph7m
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/pull/15740
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/3f86c56c800392ede5cfaf7a944a431fd8445c55
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/5af13e3eb06be0387da8703b611c5ce932245c59
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/bac8a69ca48c14582d39a244a87edad44751ebe1
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/ef035c7603293a10c5ad087e3d20b05f75236144
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-8.0.6
- https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8621