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Details of issue NIXPKGS-2026-0169

NIXPKGS-2026-0169
published on 7 Feb 2026
updated 2 weeks ago by @LeSuisse Activity log
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Suricata detect/alert: heap-use-after-free on alert queue expansion

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine. Prior to version 8.0.3 and 7.0.14, an unsigned integer overflow can lead to a heap use-after-free condition when generating excessive amounts of alerts for a single packet. Versions 8.0.3 and 7.0.14 contain a patch. As a workaround, do not run untrusted rulesets or run with less than 65536 signatures that can match on the same packet.

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-mqr8-m3m4-2hw5