Description
Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. From 7.0.0 until 7.0.17 and 8.0.6, the MQTT parser in rust/src/mqtt/mqtt.rs permits repeated PUBREC or PUBREL messages to be appended to one transaction without a limit. Crafted MQTT traffic can grow transaction state indefinitely, consuming CPU and memory and causing slowdown or denial of service. This issue is fixed in versions 8.0.6 and 7.0.17.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| OISF | suricata | >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.6, >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.17 | — |
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-7h2h-hpj2-9w6p
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/03ba8a71d827dd36a0ceb512f45d2f440f260a3a
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/5cde93dea38533c9b225128ba9d54955997dc273
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/c03666d261256df5a2d1f5800872da8a5addf6a5
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-7.0.17
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-8.0.6
- https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8525