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Vulnerabilities & PatchesEmerging1 sourceSep 18, 2026 · 20:17via CVEFeed

CVE-2026-57225 - Suricata datasets: NULL pointer dereference in JSON/NDJSON dataset loading

Brief

CVE ID : CVE-2026-57225

Published : Sept. 18, 2026, 8:17 p. m.

  • 38 minutes ago

Description : Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. From 8.

  • 0 until 8.
  • 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.

  • 6.

Severity: 0.0

  • NA

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