CVE-2026-45747

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to version 7.0.16, the Lua TLS certificate information helper could dereference NULL certificate fields when a Lua script requested certificate information for TLS traffic where some certificate fields were absent. Crafted TLS traffic processed by a deployment using affected Lua TLS scripting could crash Suricata, resulting in denial of service. Version 7.0.16 contains a fix. As a workaround, avoid Lua scripts that call TLS certificate information helpers on untrusted traffic (`TlsGetCertInfo` function), or update scripts to handle missing certificate fields where possible.
References
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:oisf:suricata:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

28 Sep 2026, 18:44

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:oisf:suricata:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Oisf suricata
Oisf
References () https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-8-0-5-and-7-0-16-released/6315 - () https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-8-0-5-and-7-0-16-released/6315 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References () https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-vfc5-9844-rmhv - () https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-vfc5-9844-rmhv - Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
References () https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/6286 - () https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/6286 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2026-09-10 15:17

Updated : 2026-09-28 18:44


NVD link : CVE-2026-45747

Mitre link : CVE-2026-45747

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-45747


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Products Affected

oisf

  • suricata
CWE
CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference