CVE-2026-63446

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. From 8.0.0 until 8.0.6, AppLayerParserSetTransactionInspectId() in src/app-layer-parser.c uses an inverted guard and marks only already-inspected transactions as inspected. On flows passed by a pass rule or pass-the-flow exception policy, detection is skipped, so completed transactions remain unmarked, are never freed, and are repeatedly rescanned. The per-flow list can grow without bound with quadratic cleanup cost, causing CPU and memory exhaustion. This issue is fixed in version 8.0.6.
Configurations

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

History

28 Sep 2026, 18:34

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References () https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/006e21c1ccc38c1c815e7945d54b4638cc5f0de8 - () https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/006e21c1ccc38c1c815e7945d54b4638cc5f0de8 - Patch
References () https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/60a83c62a1dfdfb589b2bad27fb7fc339fc964b7 - () https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/60a83c62a1dfdfb589b2bad27fb7fc339fc964b7 - Patch
References () https://github.com/OISF/suricata/pull/15726 - () https://github.com/OISF/suricata/pull/15726 - Patch
References () https://github.com/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-8.0.6 - () https://github.com/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-8.0.6 - Release Notes
References () https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-gjwr-75gq-877m - () https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-gjwr-75gq-877m - Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
References () https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8628 - () https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8628 - Permissions Required
First Time Oisf suricata
Oisf
CPE cpe:2.3:a:oisf:suricata:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

18 Sep 2026, 21:17

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-09-18 21:17

Updated : 2026-09-28 18:34


NVD link : CVE-2026-63446

Mitre link : CVE-2026-63446

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-63446


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Products Affected

oisf

  • suricata
CWE
CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CWE-407

Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity