{"id":"CVE-2026-57225","summary":"Suricata datasets: NULL pointer dereference in JSON/NDJSON dataset loading","details":"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.","aliases":["GHSA-vqqx-88xw-qqvc"],"modified":"2026-09-19T11:45:15.684250052Z","published":"2026-09-18T20:17:48.513Z","database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"GitHub_M","cwe_ids":["CWE-476"],"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/57xxx/CVE-2026-57225.json"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/57xxx/CVE-2026-57225.json"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/3ca2ed25a324597a85a2ab11595c3b0689468ea5"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/bd3293aca714f5d090b73e7d9be0e5cd7e3f5f53"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/OISF/suricata/pull/15699"},{"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-vqqx-88xw-qqvc"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-57225"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8624"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/oisf/suricata","events":[{"introduced":"9956286fb89f9cad9e9f95b99dc751f8666617b7"},{"fixed":"4c28cc1b4ac64f48efdca6ce3e09748227a04a7e"}],"database_specific":{"source":"AFFECTED_FIELD","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"8.0.0"},{"fixed":"8.0.6"}]}}],"versions":["suricata-8.0.5","suricata-8.0.4","suricata-8.0.3","suricata-8.0.2","suricata-8.0.1","suricata-8.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-57225.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"}]}