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


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.45% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-SURICATA-15123241
  • published28 Jan 2026
  • disclosed27 Jan 2026

Introduced: 27 Jan 2026

CVE-2026-22263  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1050  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine. Starting in version 8.0.0 and prior to version 8.0.3, inefficiency in http1 headers parsing can lead to slowdown over multiple packets. Version 8.0.3 patches the issue. No known workarounds are available.