CVE-2026-45770
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Summary: Suricata lua: excessive flow variable registration can bypass sandbox
Details: Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Starting in version 8.0.0 and prior to version 8.0.5, a Lua rule that registers too many flow variables can corrupt Lua detection state and may bypass Suricata's restricted Lua sandbox. This requires an affected Lua script/rule to be loaded. Excessive flow variables being registered may also cause Suricata to crash. Version 8.0.5 contains a fix. As a workaround, disable `security.lua.allow-rules` unless Lua rules are required.
References: https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-8-0-5-and-7-0-16-released/6315, https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/8556, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/45xxx/CVE-2026-45770.json, https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-653j-cc95-vj4c, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45770
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