Uncontrolled Recursion in Suricata - CVE-2026-22260
Published: January 28, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU122104
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-22260
CWE-ID: CWE-674
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to poorly bounded recursion in decompression. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
Affected software
Suricata
How to mitigate CVE-2026-22260
Install updates from vendor's website.
Suricata - update to 8.0.3