The remote Debian 12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-4825 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4825-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                    Thorsten Alteholz     October 06, 2026                              https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : suricata-update     Version        : 1.2.7-1+deb12u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2026-63347


    Guillem Lefait discovered a path traversal attack in suricata-update,     a tool for updating Suricata rules, which allowed malformed rules to     overwrite files on the system.


    For Debian 12 bookworm, this problem has been fixed in version     1.2.7-1+deb12u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your suricata-update packages.

    For the detailed security status of suricata-update please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/suricata-update

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-8766-1 advisory.

    Guillem Lefait discovered that Suricata-Update did not properly validate destination paths when extracting     files referenced by downloaded rule archives. An attacker could possibly use this issue to write arbitrary     files outside the configured rules directory.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 13 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-6475 advisory.

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-6475-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff     August 27, 2026                       https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package        : suricata-update     CVE ID         : CVE-2026-63347

    Guillem Lefait discovered a path traversal attack in suricata-update,     a tool for updating Suricata rules, which allowed malformed rules to     overwrite files on the system.

    For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in     version 1.3.4-1+deb13u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your suricata-update packages.

    For the detailed security status of suricata-update please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/suricata-update

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
363374	Debian dla-4825 : suricata-update - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	high
346238	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : Suricata-Update vulnerability (USN-8766-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	high
341084	Debian dsa-6475 : suricata-update - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	high

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