CVE-2025-53538
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 45 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. In versions 7.0.10 and below and 8.0.0-beta1 through 8.0.0-rc1, mishandling of data on HTTP2 stream 0 can lead to uncontrolled memory usage, leading to loss of visibility. Workarounds include disabling the HTTP/2 parser, and using a signature like drop http2 any any -> any any (frame:http2.hdr; byte_test:1,=,0,3; byte_test:4,=,0,5; sid: 1;) where the first byte test tests the HTTP2 frame type DATA and the second tests the stream id 0. This is fixed in versions 7.0.11 and 8.0.0.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5
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affected products (14)
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references (13)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-53538cnnvd
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/1d6d331752e933c46aca0ae7a9679b27462246e3cnnvd
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/7fa88ea9e7d05e07a7864050cfd836b576669720cnnvd
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-qrr7-crgj-cmh3cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53538cnnvd
- https://suricata.io/download/Patchcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Suricata-memory-leak-via-HTTP2-Stream-0-48044cnnvd
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/1d6d331752e933c46aca0ae7a9679b27462246e3enisa_euvd
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