Medium severity · published Sep 18, 2026
CVE-2026-57225
Suricata datasets: NULL pointer dereference in JSON/NDJSON dataset loading
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 6% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SU
suricata · OISF
>= 8.0.0, < 8.0.6 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-57225
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-57225
Patch
https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/3ca2ed25a324597a85a2ab11595c3b0689468ea5
Patch
https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/bd3293aca714f5d090b73e7d9be0e5cd7e3f5f53
Patch
https://github.com/OISF/suricata/pull/15699
Release Notes
https://github.com/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-8.0.6
Mitigation
https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-vqqx-88xw-qqvc
Exploit
https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8624
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