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.
History

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:oisf:suricata:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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.
Title Suricata datasets: NULL pointer dereference in JSON/NDJSON dataset loading
Weaknesses CWE-476
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-09-18T20:17:48.513Z

Updated: 2026-09-21T18:20:38.141Z

Reserved: 2026-06-24T02:21:33.811Z

Link: CVE-2026-57225

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-21T18:20:35.335Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-18T21:17:01.070

Modified: 2026-09-28T18:35:19.587

Link: CVE-2026-57225

cve-icon Redhat

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