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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD4.4 Medium

CVE-2026-45767

Suricata datasets: save to absolute filename can be bypassed when combined with load command

Description

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to versions 7.0.16 and 8.0.5, a malicious rule could potentially overwrite any file on the file system on rule load or reload. Versions 7.0.16 and 8.0.5 fix the issue. Some workarounds are available. Preprocess `load`+ `save` rules to disallow absolute filenames for save, use Suricata's privilege dropping to limit writable files, and/or configure landlock in suricata.yaml.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

OISF suricata

  • >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.5affected
  • < 7.0.16affected

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