Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to versions 7.0.16 and 8.0.5, a crafted rule using mixed-case frame syntax could trigger a heap buffer overflow while Suricata is loading signatures. The issue is reached during rule parsing/loading rather than by network traffic alone. Versions 7.0.16 and 8.0.5 contain a fix. As a workaround, preprocess rules to check that frames are all lowercase and/or only load trusted rulesets.
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"cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-122"
],
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/45xxx/CVE-2026-45761.json"
}{
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{
"introduced": "8.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "8.0.5"
},
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
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}
],
"source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
}