{"id":"CVE-2026-45751","summary":"Suricata detect/transform: use-after-free in dotprefix transform","details":"Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to versions 7.0.16 and 8.0.5, Suricata's inspection-buffer helper could leave an inspection pointer referencing freed memory after a chained transform caused the backing buffer to be reallocated. The issue is reached during a specific network traffic processing, and requires a specific but not malicious rule. Versions 7.0.16 and 8.0.5 contain a fix. As a workaround, avoid rules that chain `dotprefix` transform after another one.","aliases":["GHSA-59q6-j4w8-8pjx"],"modified":"2026-09-12T03:46:21.902743554Z","published":"2026-09-10T20:28:30.868Z","related":["openSUSE-SU-2026:10885-1"],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"GitHub_M","cwe_ids":["CWE-416"],"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/45xxx/CVE-2026-45751.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-8-0-5-and-7-0-16-released/6315"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8537"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/45xxx/CVE-2026-45751.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-59q6-j4w8-8pjx"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45751"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/oisf/suricata","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"534864353e8d6e5d50991546f96e33f547879aec"},{"introduced":"9956286fb89f9cad9e9f95b99dc751f8666617b7"},{"fixed":"5611b60c6172fe4204cd69a9c9d466b6632dd0c7"}],"database_specific":{"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7.0.16"},{"introduced":"8.0.0"},{"fixed":"8.0.5"}],"source":"AFFECTED_FIELD"}}],"versions":["suricata-8.0.4","suricata-7.0.15","suricata-7.0.14","suricata-8.0.3","suricata-8.0.2","suricata-7.0.13","suricata-7.0.12","suricata-8.0.1","suricata-8.0.0","suricata-7.0.11","suricata-7.0.10","suricata-7.0.9","suricata-7.0.8","suricata-7.0.7","suricata-7.0.6","suricata-7.0.5","suricata-7.0.4","suricata-7.0.3","suricata-7.0.2","suricata-7.0.1","suricata-7.0.0","suricata-7.0.0-rc2","suricata-7.0.0-rc1","suricata-7.0.0-beta1","suricata-6.0.1","suricata-6.0.0","suricata-6.0.0-rc1","suricata-6.0.0-beta1","suricata-5.0.1","suricata-5.0.0","suricata-5.0.0-rc1","suricata-5.0.0-beta1","suricata-4.1.2","suricata-4.1.1","suricata-4.1.0","suricata-4.1.0-rc2","suricata-4.1.0-rc1","suricata-4.1.0-beta1","suricata-4.0.1","suricata-4.0.0","suricata-4.0.0-rc2","suricata-4.0.0-rc1","suricata-4.0.0-beta1","suricata-3.2.1","suricata-3.2","suricata-3.2RC1","suricata-3.2beta1","suricata-3.1.2","suricata-3.1.1","suricata-3.1","suricata-3.0.1","suricata-3.1RC1","suricata-3.0.1RC1","suricata-3.0","suricata-3.0RC3","suricata-3.0RC2","suricata-3.0RC1","suricata-2.1beta4","suricata-2.1beta3","suricata-2.1beta2","suricata-2.1beta1","suricata-2.0.2","suricata-2.0.1","suricata-2.0.1rc1","suricata-2.0","suricata-2.0rc3","suricata-2.0rc2","suricata-2.0rc1","suricata-2.0beta2","suricata-2.0beta1","suricata-1.4","suricata-1.4rc1","suricata-1.4beta3","suricata-1.4beta2","suricata-1.4beta1","suricata-1.3.1","suricata-1.3","suricata-1.3rc1","suricata-1.3beta2","suricata-1.3beta1","suricata-1.2.1","suricata-1.2","suricata-1.2rc1","suricata-1.2beta1","suricata-1.1","suricata-1.1rc1","suricata-1.1beta3","suricata-1.1beta2","suricata-1.1beta1","suricata-1.0.2","suricata-1.0.1","suricata-1.0.0","suricata-0.8.2"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-45751.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}