CVE-2026-71855 json
Suricata flow: IPv4/IPv6 hash collision can reuse wrong flow state
published 2026-09-18 51 d ago modified 2026-09-28 41 d ago also EUVD-2026-83398
- cvss
- 5.9
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 23%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to 7.0.17 and 8.0.6, src/flow-hash.c can treat an IPv4 and IPv6 flow as equal without comparing the IP family when their raw address words, ports, protocol, VLAN, recursion level, live device, and hash bucket align. An IPv6 packet can therefore reuse IPv4 flow state or the reverse, causing incorrect flowbit state, detection bypass, or IP-only bypass. This issue is fixed in versions 8.0.6 and 7.0.17.
Patch / fix
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-2026-71855 updated cvss 5.9
suricata: Suricata: Detection bypass via IPv4/IPv6 hash collision
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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
- 44 d ago
Exploit prediction
0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
Affected products
- OISF suricata
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-697 Incorrect Comparison
References
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github.com
/OISF/suricata/commit/181b3b2fdd1fe87e4534de4fc79e29a083ef125f
patch
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github.com
/OISF/suricata/commit/4e2f23d031fbcfd72883bacd3d723c9874f23701
patch
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github.com
/OISF/suricata/commit/bc41dcc854e24487d3786ce578a8a86a8350ab20
patch
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github.com
/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-fvwh-wjcq-2586
vendor-advisory
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github.com
/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-7.0.17
release-notes
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github.com
/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-8.0.6
release-notes
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redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org
/issues/8558
permissions-required
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-71855
- NVD CVE-2026-71855
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