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CVE-2026-45759: Suricata http1: quadratic Content-Disposition processing can lead to denial of service

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-10 · updated 2026-09-16
• Weakness: CWE-400

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, Suricata could repeatedly perform expensive parsing of large HTTP `Content-Disposition` headers during HTTP response body processing. Crafted HTTP traffic could cause excessive CPU usage and denial of service. Versions 7.0.16 and 8.0.5 contain a fix. As a workaround, use a rule like `alert http1 any any -> any any (sid: 1; http.request_header; content: "Content-Disposition:"; startswith; bsize: > 8192; bypass;)`.

Affected products

• OISF suricata: from 7.0.0 through 7.0.16; from 8.0.0 before 8.0.5 — fixed in 8.0.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: OISF suricata 8.0.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-8-0-5-and-7-0-16-released/6315
• https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-cfq5-g2v5-6652
• https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8529

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