Nixpkgs Security Tracker

Login with GitHub

Details of issue NIXPKGS-2026-0164

NIXPKGS-2026-0164
published on 7 Feb 2026
updated 2 weeks ago by @LeSuisse Activity log
  • Created automatic suggestion
  • @LeSuisse accepted
  • @LeSuisse published on GitHub
Suricata dnp3: unbounded transaction growth

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).

Affected products

suricata
  • ==< 7.0.14
  • ==>= 8.0.0, < 8.0.3

Matching in nixpkgs

pkgs.suricata

Free and open source, mature, fast and robust network threat detection engine

Package maintainers

Upstream advisory: https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-878h-2x6v-84q9