CVE-2026-57225 PUBLISHED

Suricata datasets: NULL pointer dereference in JSON/NDJSON dataset loading

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 24.06.2026 Published: 18.09.2026 Updated: 18.09.2026

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. From 8.0.0 until 8.0.6, src/datasets-context-json.c assumes that a configured JSON or NDJSON dataset value_key resolves to a string. A trusted or untrusted dataset or rule feed containing a non-string value for that key can cause a NULL pointer dereference during startup, configuration test mode, or rule reload, crashing Suricata before traffic processing. This issue is fixed in version 8.0.6.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS Score: 3.3

Product Status

Vendor OISF
Product suricata
Versions
  • Version >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.6 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference CWE