CVE-2026-22259
HIGHCVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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3Description
Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine. Prior to versions 8.0.3 and 7.0.14, specially crafted traffic can cause Suricata to consume large amounts of memory while parsing DNP3 traffic. This can lead to the process slowing down and running out of memory, potentially leading to it getting killed by the OOM killer. Versions 8.0.3 or 7.0.14 contain a patch. As a workaround, disable the DNP3 parser in the suricata yaml (disabled by default).
Analysis
Suricata versions prior to 8.0.3 and 7.0.14 are vulnerable to a denial of service condition where specially crafted DNP3 traffic triggers excessive memory consumption, potentially exhausting system memory and causing the service to crash. An unauthenticated attacker on the network can exploit this by sending malicious DNP3 packets to cause the IDS/IPS engine to become unavailable. …
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Remediation
Within 24 hours: Identify all Suricata deployments and document current versions. Within 7 days: Prioritize patching to versions 8.0.3, 7.0.14, or later; test patches in non-production environments first. …
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