Excessive Platform Resource Consumption within a Loop Affecting suricata package, versions <1:8.0.3-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-SURICATA-15123254
  • published28 Jan 2026
  • disclosed27 Jan 2026

Introduced: 27 Jan 2026

CVE-2026-22261  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1050  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 suricata to version 1:8.0.3-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream suricata package and not the suricata package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine. Prior to versions 8.0.3 and 7.0.14, various inefficiencies in xff handling, especially for alerts not triggered in a tx, can lead to severe slowdowns. Versions 8.0.3 and 7.0.14 contain a patch. As a workaround, disable XFF support in the eve configuration. The setting is disabled by default.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1