CVE-2026-22258

High

Description

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine. Prior to versions 8.0.3 and 7.0.14, crafted DCERPC traffic can cause Suricata to expand a buffer w/o limits, leading to memory exhaustion and the process getting killed. While reported for DCERPC over UDP, it is believed that DCERPC over TCP and SMB are also vulnerable. DCERPC/TCP in the default configuration should not be vulnerable as the default stream depth is limited to 1MiB. Versions 8.0.3 and 7.0.14 contain a patch. Some workarounds are available. For DCERPC/UDP, disable the parser. For DCERPC/TCP, the `stream.reassembly.depth` setting will limit the amount of data that can be buffered. For DCERPC/SMB, the `stream.reassembly.depth` can be used as well, but is set to unlimited by default. Imposing a limit here may lead to loss of visibility in SMB.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductOisf Suricata
PublishedJan 27, 2026
First seenJan 27, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • oisf suricata7.0.14, 8.0.3 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
oisf suricatav < 7.0.14, 8.0.0 ≤ v < 8.0.37.0.14, 8.0.3

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