CVE-2026-45763Suricata lua: sandbox allocation limit not enforced for new allocations
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Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Starting in version 8.0.0 and prior to version 8.0.5, when Lua rule execution is enabled, the Lua sandbox memory limit was not consistently enforced for new allocations. Certain Lua allocation patterns could exceed `security.lua.max-bytes` without triggering the intended memory limit, making the configured sandbox limit unreliable. This requires Lua rules to be enabled and an affected Lua script/rule to be loaded. Version 8.0.5 contains a fix. As a workaround, disable `security.lua.allow-rules` unless Lua rules are required.
- CVSS
- 5.9 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-770
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Sep 10, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
OISF suricata oisf:suricata (from the name) | from 8.0.0, < 8.0.5 | CNA record |
oisf suricata oisf:suricata | from 8.0.0 before 8.0.5 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-9h43-frr8-xx6mx-refsource-confirm, mitigation, vendor-advisory
- https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-8-0-5-and-7-0-16-released/6315x-refsource-misc, release-notes, vendor-advisory
- https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8507x-refsource-misc, permissions-required
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