CVE-2026-71855 PUBLISHED

Suricata flow: IPv4/IPv6 hash collision can reuse wrong flow state

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 07.08.2026 Published: 18.09.2026 Updated: 18.09.2026

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to 7.0.17 and 8.0.6, src/flow-hash.c can treat an IPv4 and IPv6 flow as equal without comparing the IP family when their raw address words, ports, protocol, VLAN, recursion level, live device, and hash bucket align. An IPv6 packet can therefore reuse IPv4 flow state or the reverse, causing incorrect flowbit state, detection bypass, or IP-only bypass. This issue is fixed in versions 8.0.6 and 7.0.17.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 5.9

Product Status

Vendor OISF
Product suricata
Versions
  • Version >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.6 is affected
  • Version < 7.0.17 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-697: Incorrect Comparison CWE