CVE-2026-45764

CRITICAL

9.1

CVSS v3

Description

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, a protocol change while processing HTTP/2 traffic could lead to type confusion in Suricata. Crafted traffic may cause Suricata to crash, resulting in denial of service. Versions 7.0.16 and 8.0.5 contain a fix. As a workaround, disable HTTP/2 parsing if it is not required.

CWE-843Type Confusion

How to fix

Remediation Available

suricataDebian

Fixed in:1:8.0.5-1CVE-2026-45764

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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

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.43%probability of exploitation in 30 days

36thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 36% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

forum.suricata.io

Third-Party Advisory1

github.com

Other references1

redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-843 (Type Confusion) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2011-0611	High	8.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2012-0507	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2017-8291	High	7.8	97%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-21224	High	8.8	84%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2019-0752	High	7.5	82%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2017-0037	High	8.1	80%	KEV	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2026-45764?

Upgrade suricata on debian unstable to 1:8.0.5-1 or later.

Is CVE-2026-45764 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2026-45764 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.43% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 36% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2026-45764?

CVE-2026-45764 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1, rated critical. 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-2026-45764 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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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-09-16.