CVE-2025-29918

6.2 MEDIUM
Published: April 10, 2025 Modified: November 03, 2025

Description

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. A PCRE rule can be written that leads to an infinite loop when negated PCRE is used. Packet processing thread becomes stuck in infinite loop limiting visibility and availability in inline mode. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.9.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/OISF/suricata/security/advisories/GHSA-924c-vvm5-9mqx
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Vendor Advisory
https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/7526
Source: security-advisories@github.com
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4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
6.2 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.0%
6th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

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