Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Sep 10, 2026· Updated Sep 28, 2026
CVE-2026-45763
CVE-2026-45763
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, when Lua rule execution is enabled, the Lua sandbox memory limit was not consistently enforced for new allocations. Certain Lua allocation patterns could exceed security.lua.max-bytes without triggering the intended memory limit, making the configured sandbox limit unreliable. This requires Lua rules to be enabled and an affected Lua script/rule to be loaded. Version 8.0.5 contains a fix. As a workaround, disable security.lua.allow-rules unless Lua rules are required.
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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-9h43-frr8-xx6mnvdMitigationVendor Advisory
- redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8507nvdPermissions Required
News mentions
1- Suricata: 15 Vulnerabilities Disclosed, Ranging from Critical to LowVypr Intelligence · Sep 10, 2026