High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 10, 2026· Updated Sep 16, 2026
CVE-2026-45759
CVE-2026-45759
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;).
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References
3- forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-8-0-5-and-7-0-16-released/6315nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-cfq5-g2v5-6652nvdVendor Advisory
- redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8529nvdPermissions Required
News mentions
1- Suricata: 15 Vulnerabilities Disclosed, Ranging from Critical to LowVypr Intelligence · Sep 10, 2026