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, a crafted rule using mixed-case frame syntax could trigger a heap buffer overflow while Suricata is loading signatures. The issue is reached during rule parsing/loading rather than by network traffic alone. Versions 7.0.16 and 8.0.5 contain a fix. As a workaround, preprocess rules to check that frames are all lowercase and/or only load trusted rulesets.
CVE-2026-45761
This low-severity CVE scores 3.3 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 96% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 3.3
- EG Score
- 3.3(medium)
- EG Risk
- 15(Track)EG Risk 15/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity33% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 10, 2026
Last Modified
September 16, 2026
References (3)
- security-advisories@githubhttps://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-8-0-5-and-7-0-16-released/6315
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-r74x-74x5-r9vm
- security-advisories@githubhttps://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8526
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 16× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-09-20 20:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-19 23:10 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-17 19:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-16 21:08 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-15 16:35 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-15 15:25 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-13 23:40 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-13 16:47 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-12 15:01 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-10 21:19 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-10 21:05 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-10 21:05 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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