Type confusion in OISF Suricata
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-843 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Suricata before 8.0.7 has a DoH2 type confusion that can cause an invalid free, because cleanup code for the HTTP2 state is executed even though the actual state is HTTP1 (when there is a DoH2 request with an HTTP1 to HTTP2 upgrade). This requires app-layer.protocols.doh2 to be enabled, which is the default in 8.x versions.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Suricata (OISF) Fixed in 8.0.7
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
OISF Suricata 8.0.7
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-63304 Use after free in OISF SuricataPriority MEDIUM 49
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-94083
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4wwf-734g-mqm8
References
More OISF Suricata vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-94083 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-94083 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4wwf-734g-mqm8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-94083 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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