Suricata 7.0.x < 7.0.17 Vulnerability (CVE-2026-57228)

high Nessus Plugin ID 330414

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Synopsis

An IDS/IPS solution running on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of OISF Suricata installed on the remote host is 7.0.13 or later but prior to 7.0.17. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability:

- Suricata could be crashed or made to consume excessive resources when processing crafted network traffic, leading to denial of service. (CVE-2026-57228)

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

Solution

Upgrade Suricata to version 7.0.17 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 330414

File Name: suricata_8_0_6_57228.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 7/28/2026

Updated: 7/29/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.15

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oisf:suricata

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Open Information Security Foundation Suricata

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-57228

IAVB: 2026-B-0206

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