CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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4Description
Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine. From version 8.0.0 to before version 8.0.4, there is a quadratic complexity issue when searching for URLs in mime encoded messages over SMTP leading to a performance impact. This issue has been patched in version 8.0.4.
Analysis
Denial of service in Suricata 8.0.0 through 8.0.3 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to degrade performance via specially crafted SMTP traffic containing MIME-encoded messages with URLs. The quadratic complexity vulnerability (CWE-407) triggers excessive processing when the IDS/IPS engine searches for URLs in malformed messages. …
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Remediation
Within 24 hours: Inventory all Suricata deployments and identify systems running versions 8.0.0-8.0.3. Within 7 days: Upgrade to Suricata 8.0.4 or later if available from vendor, or apply vendor-recommended workarounds. …
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EUVD-2026-18243