NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting suricata package, versions <1:8.0.6-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-SURICATA-19685679
  • published11 Sept 2026
  • disclosed18 Sept 2026

Introduced: 11 Sep 2026

CVE-2026-57225  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 suricata to version 1:8.0.6-1 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 Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. From 8.0.0 until 8.0.6, src/datasets-context-json.c assumes that a configured JSON or NDJSON dataset value_key resolves to a string. A trusted or untrusted dataset or rule feed containing a non-string value for that key can cause a NULL pointer dereference during startup, configuration test mode, or rule reload, crashing Suricata before traffic processing. This issue is fixed in version 8.0.6.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1