CVE-2026-22258
January 27, 2026
Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine. Prior to versions 8.0.3 and 7.0.14, crafted DCERPC traffic can cause Suricata to expand a buffer w/o limits, leading to memory exhaustion and the process getting killed. While reported for DCERPC over UDP, it is believed that DCERPC over TCP and SMB are also vulnerable. DCERPC/TCP in the default configuration should not be vulnerable as the default stream depth is limited to 1MiB. Versions 8.0.3 and 7.0.14 contain a patch. Some workarounds are available. For DCERPC/UDP, disable the parser. For DCERPC/TCP, the "stream.reassembly.depth" setting will limit the amount of data that can be buffered. For DCERPC/SMB, the "stream.reassembly.depth" can be used as well, but is set to unlimited by default. Imposing a limit here may lead to loss of visibility in SMB.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/OISF/suricata.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=suricata-8.0.0 <suricata-8.0.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version suricata-8.0.3https://github.com/OISF/suricata.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=suricata-0.8.2 <suricata-7.0.14Fix Suggestion:
Update to version suricata-7.0.14suricata (RUST):
Affected version(s) >=6.0.3-alpha.1 <7.0.14Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 7.0.14suricata (RUST):
Affected version(s) >=8.0.0 <8.0.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 8.0.3Related Resources (4)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
EPSS
Base Score:
0.05