CVE-2026-63446: OISF suricata · Memory Leak
Affects OISF suricataSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade to 8.0.6 soon.
Data as of 2 Nov 2026, 22:58 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 52% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 8.0.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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 8.0.6.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| OISFsuricata | Affected
| Fixed in
|
GitHuboisf/suricatapkg:github/oisf/suricataOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
|
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AI-suggested
Upgrade Suricata to version 8.0.6 or later, where this issue is fixed. No other mitigation is indicated or required according to the available data.
Description
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.
References
- github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-gjwr-75gq-877m (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/OISF/suricata/pull/15726 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/006e21c1ccc38c1c815e7945d54b4638cc5f0de8 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/60a83c62a1dfdfb589b2bad27fb7fc339fc964b7 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-8.0.6 (opens in a new tab)
- redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8628 (opens in a new tab)