{"id":"CVE-2026-57223","summary":"Suricata windows: unquoted LocalSystem service ImagePath can allow local privilege escalation","details":"Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to 7.0.17 and 8.0.6, the Windows service installation and parameter-update logic in src/win32-service.c can pass an unquoted service ImagePath to CreateServiceA. When Suricata is installed below a path containing spaces and an earlier path component is writable by a local low-privileged attacker, Windows can execute an attacker-controlled program as LocalSystem, resulting in local privilege escalation. This issue is fixed in versions 8.0.6 and 7.0.17.","aliases":["GHSA-jh8w-wf3f-58jp"],"modified":"2026-09-19T11:45:25.164095866Z","published":"2026-09-18T20:23:28.227Z","database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-428"],"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/57xxx/CVE-2026-57223.json","cna_assigner":"GitHub_M"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/57xxx/CVE-2026-57223.json"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/0dad38fff024b4fec9bc8144d8b94dbca39aac2e"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/2b924d47cc51d0b7760cda3519f2c04a2f65ea38"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/ac1b3cc1ef3af65ce92da28261d445167eb8234d"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/OISF/suricata/pull/15676"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-7.0.17"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-8.0.6"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-jh8w-wf3f-58jp"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-57223"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8600"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/oisf/suricata","events":[{"introduced":"9956286fb89f9cad9e9f95b99dc751f8666617b7"},{"fixed":"4c28cc1b4ac64f48efdca6ce3e09748227a04a7e"},{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"f707f3208de8216e4eccada5c10e6edce460a82a"}],"database_specific":{"source":"AFFECTED_FIELD","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"8.0.0"},{"fixed":"8.0.6"},{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7.0.17"}]}}],"versions":["suricata-7.0.16","suricata-8.0.5","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-2026-57223.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}