Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to versions 7.0.16 and 8.0.5, a malicious rule could potentially overwrite any file on the file system on rule load or reload. Versions 7.0.16 and 8.0.5 fix the issue. Some workarounds are available. Preprocess `load`+ `save` rules to disallow absolute filenames for save, use Suricata's privilege dropping to limit writable files, and/or configure landlock in suricata.yaml.
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History

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-73
References
Metrics threat_severity

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threat_severity

Moderate


Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:oisf:suricata:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Oisf
Oisf suricata
Vendors & Products Oisf
Oisf suricata

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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Description Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to versions 7.0.16 and 8.0.5, a malicious rule could potentially overwrite any file on the file system on rule load or reload. Versions 7.0.16 and 8.0.5 fix the issue. Some workarounds are available. Preprocess `load`+ `save` rules to disallow absolute filenames for save, use Suricata's privilege dropping to limit writable files, and/or configure landlock in suricata.yaml.
Title Suricata datasets: save to absolute filename can be bypassed when combined with load command
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-15T15:06:41.846Z

Reserved: 2026-05-13T07:45:21.250Z

Link: CVE-2026-45767

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-15T15:06:38.010Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-10T22:16:56.683

Modified: 2026-09-16T20:18:43.117

Link: CVE-2026-45767

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-09-10T21:31:02Z

Links: CVE-2026-45767 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-21T05:15:09Z

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