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Improper input validation in Open Information Security Foundation Suricata

Priority LOW 37CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Open Information Security Foundation Suricata prior to version 4.1.2 is affected by: Denial of Service - DNS detection bypass. The impact is: An attacker can evade a signature detection with a specialy formed network packet. The component is: app-layer-detect-proto.c, decode.c, decode-teredo.c and decode-ipv6.c (https://github.com/OISF/suricata/pull/3590/commits/11f3659f64a4e42e90cb3c09fcef66894205aefe, https://github.com/OISF/suricata/pull/3590/commits/8357ef3f8ffc7d99ef6571350724160de356158b). The attack vector is: An attacker can trigger the vulnerability by sending a specifically crafted network request. The fixed version is: 4.1.2.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0238 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Open Information Security FoundationSuricataprior to version 4.1.2 [fixed: 4.1.2]—No fix listedCNA
  • Suricata VendorOpen Information Security Foundation Affected prior to version 4.1.2 [fixed: 4.1.2] Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:oisf:suricata:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.2VulnerableOISF
cpe:2.3:a:oisf:suricata:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.3VulnerableOISF
cpe:2.3:a:oisf:suricata:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.5VulnerableOISF
cpe:2.3:a:oisf:suricata:4.1.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.0 beta1VulnerableOISF
  • cpe:2.3:a:oisf:suricata:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.2 Vulnerable ·OISF
  • cpe:2.3:a:oisf:suricata:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.3 Vulnerable ·OISF
  • cpe:2.3:a:oisf:suricata:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.5 Vulnerable ·OISF
  • cpe:2.3:a:oisf:suricata:4.1.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.0 beta1 Vulnerable ·OISF

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-1010251
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-28r9-967h-xvcv

References

  • TI-2026-33506 ikev2: unbounded client transform storage can lead to resource exhaustion CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-33484 Suricata lua/tls: null dereference in TlsGetCertInfo CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-31811 Suricata ja4: invalid alpn leads to panic CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2020-13673 Directory Traversal vulnerability found in Pfsense v.2.1.3 and Pfsense Suricata v.1.4.6… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-17928 In Suricata before 6.0.13, an adversary who controls an external source of Lua rules may… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-63304 Use after free in OISF Suricata CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
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