High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 10, 2026· Updated Sep 16, 2026
CVE-2026-45770
CVE-2026-45770
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, a Lua rule that registers too many flow variables can corrupt Lua detection state and may bypass Suricata's restricted Lua sandbox. This requires an affected Lua script/rule to be loaded. Excessive flow variables being registered may also cause Suricata to crash. 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-653j-cc95-vj4cnvdThird Party Advisory
- redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8556nvdPermissions Required
News mentions
1- Suricata: 15 Vulnerabilities Disclosed, Ranging from Critical to LowVypr Intelligence · Sep 10, 2026