TI-2024-25769 Aliases CVE-2024-38534

Suricata modbus: txs without responses are never freed

MEDIUM 40CWE-770Published 2024-07-11 · Updated 2024-08-02

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-770.

Summary

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Crafted modbus traffic can lead to unlimited resource accumulation within a flow. Upgrade to 7.0.6. Set a limited stream.reassembly.depth to reduce the issue.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00869 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed suricata (OISF): 7.0.6

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
OISF	suricata	before 7.0.6	7.0.6	Patch available	CNA

suricata VendorOISF Affected before 7.0.6 Fixed in 7.0.6 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:oisf:suricata::::::::	before 7.0.6	Vulnerable	OISF

cpe:2.3:a:oisf:suricata:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 7.0.6 Vulnerable ·OISF

Remediation

Fix · CNA suricata (OISF) Fixed in 7.0.6

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-38534

References

Patch 1

https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/a753cdbe84caee3b66d0bf49b2712d29a50d67ae

Advisory 1

https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-59qg-h357-69fq

Other 2

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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Sources

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