CVE-2026-57225 json
Suricata datasets: NULL pointer dereference in JSON/NDJSON dataset loading
published 2026-09-18 51 d ago modified 2026-09-28 41 d ago also EUVD-2026-83391
- cvss
- 3.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 6%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. From 8.0.0 until 8.0.6, src/datasets-context-json.c assumes that a configured JSON or NDJSON dataset value_key resolves to a string. A trusted or untrusted dataset or rule feed containing a non-string value for that key can cause a NULL pointer dereference during startup, configuration test mode, or rule reload, crashing Suricata before traffic processing. This issue is fixed in version 8.0.6.
Patch / fix
- oisf suricata 8.0.6
- suricata Debian 14 1:8.0.6-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-57225
- github.com/OISF/suricata@3ca2ed2 commit
- github.com/OISF/suricata@bd3293a commit
- github.com/OISF/suricata#15699 pull request
- github.com/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-8.0.6 release
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-57225 updated cvss 3.3
suricata: Suricata: Denial of Service due to NULL pointer dereference in dataset loading
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 48 d ago
Exploit prediction
0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8624 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 3.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
- OISF suricata
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
References
-
github.com
/OISF/suricata/pull/15699
patch
-
github.com
/OISF/suricata/commit/3ca2ed25a324597a85a2ab11595c3b0689468ea5
patch
-
github.com
/OISF/suricata/commit/bd3293aca714f5d090b73e7d9be0e5cd7e3f5f53
patch
-
redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org
/issues/8624
exploit, issue-tracking, mitigation, third-party-advisory
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github.com
/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-vqqx-88xw-qqvc
mitigation, vendor-advisory
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github.com
/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-8.0.6
release-notes
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-57225
- NVD CVE-2026-57225
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