CVE-2026-45769 Suricata - Denial of Service

Suricata < 7.0.16 and < 8.0.5 contain a denial of service caused by unbounded growth of IKEv2 parser state when storing client transforms, letting attackers cause excessive memory consumption via crafted UDP traffic, exploit requires repeated crafted UDP packets.

CVSS base score 7.5 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Not required
EPSS
1.79% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Denial of Service
Impact
Denial Of Service
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
10 September 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-400

Vendor fix

Upgrade to versions 7.0.16 or 8.0.5 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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