Resource exhaustion in Suricata - CVE-2026-45759

 

Resource exhaustion in Suricata - CVE-2026-45759

Published: June 3, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU133275
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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-2026-45759
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Open Information Security Foundation
Affected software:
Suricata

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled resource consumption in HTTP response body processing when parsing large HTTP Content-Disposition headers. A remote attacker can send crafted HTTP traffic to cause a denial of service.


How to mitigate CVE-2026-45759

Install security update from vendor's website.

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