CVE-2026-71855
Publication date 21 September 2026
Last updated 21 September 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to 7.0.17 and 8.0.6, src/flow-hash.c can treat an IPv4 and IPv6 flow as equal without comparing the IP family when their raw address words, ports, protocol, VLAN, recursion level, live device, and hash bucket align. An IPv6 packet can therefore reuse IPv4 flow state or the reverse, causing incorrect flowbit state, detection bypass, or IP-only bypass. This issue is fixed in versions 8.0.6 and 7.0.17.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| suricata | 26.04 LTS resolute |
Needs evaluation
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
5.9 · Medium
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-71855
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-fvwh-wjcq-2586
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/181b3b2fdd1fe87e4534de4fc79e29a083ef125f
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/4e2f23d031fbcfd72883bacd3d723c9874f23701
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/commit/bc41dcc854e24487d3786ce578a8a86a8350ab20
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-7.0.17
- https://github.com/OISF/suricata/releases/tag/suricata-8.0.6
- https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8558