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Low · 3.7 CVE-2026-63450 EUVD-2026-83387

Suricata ftp: RETR/STOR before PORT/PASV can disable further IDS app-layer detection

Published Sep 18, 2026 · Updated Sep 23, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to 8.0.6, the FTP parser in src/app-layer-ftp.c treats a RETR or STOR command sent before PORT or PASV negotiation as a fatal application-layer error instead of a recoverable protocol event. The fatal state disables FTP application-layer parsing for the remainder of the TCP flow, so later commands can evade parser-dependent rules and logging; IPS mode instead drops the flow. This issue is fixed in version 8.0.6.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
OISF suricata < 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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 suricata 1:8.0.6-1 —
Debian 13 suricata No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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 —

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