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CVE-2026-63447: OISF suricata · Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

Affects OISF suricataSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade to 8.0.6 soon.

Data as of 2 Nov 2026, 22:58 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 50% 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:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 18 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: 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 2 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade suricata and oisf/suricata to 8.0.6.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
OISFsuricataAffected
  • >=8.0.5 <8.0.6
Fixed in
  • 8.0.6
GitHuboisf/suricatapkg:github/oisf/suricataOther threatsAffected
  • >=8.0.5 <8.0.6
Fixed in
  • 8.0.6

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AI-suggested

A fix is available in Suricata version 8.0.6. Users should upgrade to version 8.0.6 or later to remediate this vulnerability. No additional mitigation actions are indicated by the vendor advisory.

Description

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. From 8.0.5 until 8.0.6, the FTP parser in src/app-layer-ftp.c can continue allocating transactions after app-layer.protocols.ftp.max-tx is reached while processing one large chunk of FTP command data. The oversized transaction list is repeatedly processed with quadratic complexity after the too_many_transactions event, allowing crafted FTP traffic to degrade packet processing, reduce monitoring visibility, or cause denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 8.0.6.

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