CVE-2026-45770Suricata lua: excessive flow variable registration can bypass sandbox
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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, a Lua rule that registers too many flow variables can corrupt Lua detection state and may bypass Suricata's restricted Lua sandbox. This requires an affected Lua script/rule to be loaded. Excessive flow variables being registered may also cause Suricata to crash. Version 8.0.5 contains a fix. As a workaround, disable `security.lua.allow-rules` unless Lua rules are required.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-693, CWE-787
- 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 11, 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-653j-cc95-vj4cx-refsource-confirm, third-party-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/8556x-refsource-misc, permissions-required
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
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