CVE-2026-45747

Suricata lua/tls: null dereference in TlsGetCertInfo

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 10, 2026 at 02:17 PM UTC
Updated: September 28, 2026 at 06:44 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSuricata

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
PoC

Description

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to version 7.0.16, the Lua TLS certificate information helper could dereference NULL certificate fields when a Lua script requested certificate information for TLS traffic where some certificate fields were absent. Crafted TLS traffic processed by a deployment using affected Lua TLS scripting could crash Suricata, resulting in denial of service. Version 7.0.16 contains a fix. As a workaround, avoid Lua scripts that call TLS certificate information helpers on untrusted traffic (`TlsGetCertInfo` function), or update scripts to handle missing certificate fields where possible.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 7.0.16
Affected range stops below 7.0.16, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (3)

x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-vfc5-9844-rmhv
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-8-0-5-and-7-0-16-released/6315
x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/6286

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-476

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