Vulnerability details
CVE-2026-22258
Suricata DCERPC: unbounded fragment buffering leads to memory exhaustion
Official description
Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine. Prior to versions 8.0.3 and 7.0.14, crafted DCERPC traffic can cause Suricata to expand a buffer w/o limits, leading to memory exhaustion and the process getting killed. While reported for DCERPC over UDP, it is believed that DCERPC over TCP and SMB are also vulnerable. DCERPC/TCP in the default configuration should not be vulnerable as the default stream depth is limited to 1MiB. Versions 8.0.3 and 7.0.14 contain a patch. Some workarounds are available. For DCERPC/UDP, disable the parser. For DCERPC/TCP, the `stream.reassembly.depth` setting will limit the amount of data that can be buffered. For DCERPC/SMB, the `stream.reassembly.depth` can be used as well, but is set to unlimited by default. Imposing a limit here may lead to loss of visibility in SMB.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5High | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (GitHub_M) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| OISF | suricata | < 7.0.14 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| OISF | suricata | >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.3 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
4- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-289c-h599-3xcx x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/39d8c302af3422a096b75474a4f295a754ec6a74 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/f82a388d0283725cb76782cf64e8341cab370830 x_refsource_MISC
- https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8182 x_refsource_MISC
Details
- Published
- 2026-01-27
- Last updated
- 2026-01-27
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- GitHub_M
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- Yes
- Exploitation
- None
- Technical impact
- Partial
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
- CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling