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CVE-2026-45752: OISF suricata · Use After Free

Affects OISF suricataSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.9 Medium : upgrade to 8.0.5 when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.9Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 43% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 8.0.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 10 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade suricata and oisf/suricata to 8.0.5.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
OISFsuricataAffected
  • >=8.0.0 <8.0.5
Fixed in
  • 8.0.5
GitHuboisf/suricatapkg:github/oisf/suricataOther threatsAffected
  • >=8.0.0 <8.0.5
Fixed in
  • 8.0.5

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AI-suggested

Upgrade Suricata to version 8.0.5 or later, which contains an official fix for this vulnerability. As a temporary workaround, avoid using detection rules that chain 'gunzip' or 'zlib_deflate' transforms with a max-size greater than 4096 after another transform. No other mitigation steps are indicated.

Description

CVE-2026-45752 is a use-after-free vulnerability in Suricata versions 8.0.0 up to but not including 8.0.5. It occurs when certain detection transforms are chained, causing the decompress transform pipeline to read from a buffer after it has been freed. This flaw can cause Suricata to crash during network traffic processing if a malicious rule triggers it. Version 8.0.5 includes a fix for this issue. A temporary workaround is to avoid rules chaining 'gunzip' or 'zlib_deflate' with a max-size greater than 4096 after another transform.

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