CVE-2026-45751
Suricata detect/transform: use-after-free in dotprefix transform
CVSS Score
5.9
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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 inspection-buffer helper could leave an inspection pointer referencing freed memory after a chained transform caused the backing buffer to be reallocated. The issue is reached during a specific network traffic processing, and requires a specific but not malicious rule. Versions 7.0.16 and 8.0.5 contain a fix. As a workaround, avoid rules that chain `dotprefix` transform after another one.
| CWE | CWE-416 |
| Vendor | oisf |
| Product | suricata |
| Published | Sep 10, 2026 |
| Last Updated | Sep 11, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Affected Versions
OISF / suricata
< 7.0.16 >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.5