CVE-2026-45762 PUBLISHED

Suricata defrag: missing address-family check can lead to remote crash

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 13.05.2026 Published: 10.09.2026 Updated: 10.09.2026

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, Suricata's IP defragmentation tracker lookup did not verify that an existing tracker used the same IP address family as the packet being processed. Under crafted fragmented IPv4/IPv6 traffic, an IPv6 fragment could be associated with an IPv4 defragmentation tracker. This can lead to a remote packet-triggered crash and denial of service when Suricata performs the relevant defragmentation. Versions 7.0.16 and 8.0.5 contain a fix. As a workaround, if using Suricata as an IDS with AF_PACKET, enabling AF_PACKET's defrag option may prevent Suricata from seeing such fragmented packets.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.5

Product Status

Vendor OISF
Product suricata
Versions
  • Version >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.5 is affected
  • Version < 7.0.16 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-843: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') CWE