Resource exhaustion in Suricata - CVE-2026-45768

 

Resource exhaustion in Suricata - CVE-2026-45768

Published: June 3, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU133283
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-2026-45768
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 the LDAP transaction state when processing crafted LDAP traffic over UDP. A remote attacker can send specially crafted traffic to cause a denial of service.


How to mitigate CVE-2026-45768

Install security update from vendor's website.

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