Description
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.
Affected products
oisf: suricata
References6
- github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-vqqx-88xw-qqvc MitigationVendor Advisory
- github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/3ca2ed25a324597a85a2ab11595c3b0… Patch
- github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/bd3293aca714f5d090b73e7d9be0e5c… Patch
- github.com/OISF/suricata/pull/15699 Patch
- redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8624 ExploitIssue TrackingMitigationThird Party Advisory
- github.com/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-8.0.6 Release Notes
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.5
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 6 · as of 8 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-476
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