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CVE-2026-45770: Suricata lua: excessive flow variable registration can bypass sandbox

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% 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-693

Description

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Starting in version 8.0.0 and prior to version 8.0.5, a Lua rule that registers too many flow variables can corrupt Lua detection state and may bypass Suricata's restricted Lua sandbox. This requires an affected Lua script/rule to be loaded. Excessive flow variables being registered may also cause Suricata to crash. Version 8.0.5 contains a fix. As a workaround, disable `security.lua.allow-rules` unless Lua rules are required.

Affected products

• OISF suricata: 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-653j-cc95-vj4c
• https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8556

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