CVE-2018-6794
MEDIUMEPSS 98th pctlDescription
Suricata before 4.0.4 is prone to an HTTP detection bypass vulnerability in detect.c and stream-tcp.c. If a malicious server breaks a normal TCP flow and sends data before the 3-way handshake is complete, then the data sent by the malicious server will be accepted by web clients such as a web browser or Linux CLI utilities, but ignored by Suricata IDS signatures. This mostly affects IDS signatures for the HTTP protocol and TCP stream content; signatures for TCP packets will inspect such network traffic as usual.
How to fix
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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
Other CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | EPSS | Exploited | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2013-2465 | Critical | 9.8 | 99% | KEV + Ransom | - |
| CVE-2024-21412 | High | 8.1 | 95% | KEV + Ransom | Fix |
| CVE-2013-0431 | Medium | 5.3 | 90% | KEV + Ransom | - |
| CVE-2019-1003030 | Critical | 9.9 | 76% | KEV | - |
| CVE-2025-40536 | High | 8.1 | 72% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2025-0411 | High | 7.0 | 67% | KEV | Fix |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2018-6794?
Upgrade suricata on debian 11 to 1:4.0.4-1 or later.
Is CVE-2018-6794 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2018-6794 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 24.3% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2018-6794?
CVE-2018-6794 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
What does CVE-2018-6794 affect?
Published advisories record a fix for suricata (Debian). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.
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