Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Suricata - CVE-2024-32663
Published: May 7, 2024 / Updated: April 27, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU128047
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-32663
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Suricata
Suricata
Software vendor:
Open Information Security Foundation
Open Information Security Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to allocation of resources without limits or throttling in the HTTP/2 parser when handling compressed headers. A remote attacker can send a small amount of specially crafted HTTP/2 traffic to cause a denial of service.
Remediation
Install security update from vendor's website.