CVE-2026-57223
HIGHCVSS 7.0Description
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.
Timeline
Published:September 18th, 2026 9:17 PM
Last modified:September 29th, 2026 12:48 PM
CVSS Scoring
CVSS v3: 7.0 (HIGH)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Software
From NVD CPE configuration data
Vendors
oisf
Products
suricata
Weaknesses (CWE)
References & Reports
Advisories, patches, and third-party reports
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/0dad38fff024b4fec9bc8144d8b94dbca39aac2ePatch
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/2b924d47cc51d0b7760cda3519f2c04a2f65ea38Patch
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/ac1b3cc1ef3af65ce92da28261d445167eb8234dPatch
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/pull/15676Patch
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-7.0.17Release Notes
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-8.0.6Release Notes
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-jh8w-wf3f-58jpMitigation
- https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8600Issue Tracking
Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute