Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to versions 7.0.16 and 8.0.5, a protocol change while processing HTTP/2 traffic could lead to type confusion in Suricata. Crafted traffic may cause Suricata to crash, resulting in denial of service. Versions 7.0.16 and 8.0.5 contain a fix. As a workaround, disable HTTP/2 parsing if it is not required.
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Description Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to versions 7.0.16 and 8.0.5, a protocol change while processing HTTP/2 traffic could lead to type confusion in Suricata. Crafted traffic may cause Suricata to crash, resulting in denial of service. Versions 7.0.16 and 8.0.5 contain a fix. As a workaround, disable HTTP/2 parsing if it is not required.
Title Suricata http2: protocol-change type confusion can lead to denial of service
Weaknesses CWE-843
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-09-10T21:14:30.072Z

Updated: 2026-09-10T21:14:30.072Z

Reserved: 2026-05-13T07:45:21.250Z

Link: CVE-2026-45764

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-10T22:16:56.250

Modified: 2026-09-10T22:16:56.250

Link: CVE-2026-45764

cve-icon Redhat

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