CVE-2026-57224
Suricata dhcp: unbounded transactions in unidirectional traffic can lead to resource exhaustion
02 Description
Suricata dhcp: unbounded transactions in unidirectional traffic can lead to resource exhaustion
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-28.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-09-18 20:08Z1 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-09-18 20:22Z1 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-06-24
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- af78a70379c70b54660dc9035d57ed0eea5bbf94921db87b9aff0d2b447863c5
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-m2vc-g65c-ph7m
- github.comhttps://github.com/OISF/suricata/pull/15740
- github.comhttps://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/3f86c56c800392ede5cfaf7a944a431fd8445c55
- github.comhttps://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/5af13e3eb06be0387da8703b611c5ce932245c59
- github.comhttps://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/bac8a69ca48c14582d39a244a87edad44751ebe1
- github.comhttps://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/ef035c7603293a10c5ad087e3d20b05f75236144
- github.comhttps://github.com/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-8.0.6
- redmine.openinfosecfoundation.orghttps://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8621
07 Fixed in
Debian 13
- suricata No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- suricata Fixed in 1:8.0.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- suricata No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- suricata No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- suricata No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- suricata No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- suricata No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.