CVE-2026-57228: OISF suricata · Out-of-bounds Read
Affects OISF suricataSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.2 High : upgrade to 7.0.17 soon.
Data as of 2 Nov 2026, 22:58 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 36% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 7.0.17
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 18 Sep 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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 2 Nov 2026.
What to do
Upgrade suricata and oisf/suricata to 7.0.17.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| OISFsuricata | Affected
| Fixed in
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GitHuboisf/suricatapkg:github/oisf/suricataOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
Upgrade Suricata to version 7.0.17 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. Until the upgrade, consider disabling decode-quoted-printable MIME decoding if feasible to mitigate the risk of crashes.
Description
Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. From 7.0.13 until 7.0.17, the SMTP MIME quoted-printable decoder in src/util-decode-mime.c can read one byte past a heap buffer when a quoted-printable escape sequence is split across traffic chunks and the following chunk contains exactly one byte. Crafted SMTP traffic can trigger the out-of-bounds read and crash Suricata when decode-quoted-printable MIME decoding is enabled. This issue is fixed in version 7.0.17.
References
- github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-qxm4-q7vx-7xj4 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/19880f9d5bbe2b8f8e8867a577848dce2b532c86 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-7.0.17 (opens in a new tab)
- redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8608 (opens in a new tab)